Software Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Platform Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
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Guidelines for BFD Routing

Context Mode Guidelines

BFD is supported on all Firewall Threat Defense platforms. It is supported in multi-instance mode.

Firewall Mode Guidelines

Supported in routed firewall mode and not in transparent mode.

Failover and Cluster Guidelines

  • BFD is not supported on failover interfaces.

  • In clustering, BFD is supported only on the control node.

Routing and Protocol Guidelines

  • OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP IPv4, and BGP IPv6 protocol are supported.


     

    For optimal routing, do not configure BFD when BGP graceful restart for NSF is configured on the device.

    IS-IS and EIGRP protocols are not supported.

  • BFD for static routes is not supported. You can configure BFD on interfaces that belong only to virtual routers.

  • Only named interfaces are supported.

  • BFD on BVI, VTI, and loopback interfaces are not supported.

Single-hop Guidelines

  • Echo mode is disabled by default. You can enable echo mode on single-hop only.

  • Echo mode is not supported for IPv6.

  • Use only a single-hop template to configure a single-hop policy.

  • Authentication of the single-hop template is optional.

  • You cannot configure multiple BFDs on the same interface.

Multi-hop Guidelines

  • Do not configure the source IP address also as the destination IP address.

  • Source and destination address should have same IP type—IPV4 or IPV6.

  • Only network objects of host or network type are allowed.

  • Use only a multi-hop template to configure a multi-hop policy.

  • Authentication is mandatory for the multi-hop template.

Upgrade Guidelines

When you upgrade to version 7.3 and when the previous version has any FlexConfig BFD policies, the management center displays a warning message during deployment. However, it does not stop the deployment process. After post-upgrade deployment, to manage the BFD policies from the UI ( Device (Edit) > Routing > BFD), you must configure BFD policies in the Device (Edit) > Routing > BFD page and remove the configuration from the FlexConfig policy for the device.