Configure a multi-hop BFD policy to enable monitoring of connectivity between specific source and destination address pairs. This helps ensure rapid detection of failures across multiple network hops.
You can configure a multi-hop BFD policy on a source and destination address pair. This is useful when you need to monitor links that traverse multiple hops in your network.
Before you begin
Follow these steps to configure a multi-hop BFD policy:
Procedure
Step 1 | In the Add BFD Multi-Hop dialog box, configure the following:
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Click the BFD source address type—IPv4 or IPv6 radio button.
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In the Source Address drop-down list, network objects are listed. Select the source address that you want to configure for the BFD policy. You cannot choose any-ipv4 or any-ipv6.
If you have not created the required network object, use Add ( ) and create a host/network object.
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The created network object's IP type should match with the selected source IP type.
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In the Destination Address drop-down list, network objects are listed. Select the destination address that you want to configure for the BFD. You cannot choose any-ipv4 or any-ipv6.
If you have not created the required network object, use Add () and create a host/network object.
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The created network object's IP type should match with the selected source IP type.
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Attention |
Do not select the network object that has the same IP address as that of the source address.
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In the Template Name drop-down list, multi-hop templates are listed. Select the template that you want to apply on the BFD policy.
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Step 2 | Click OK and Save the configuration. |
The multi-hop map (table view) is displayed on the Multi-Hop tab page.