BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) is a protocol that can detect forwarding path failures.

BFD can back up sessions for BGP and static routes. Only IPv4 is supported.

For more information about BGP, see Configure BGP.

For more information about static routes, see Configure a Static Route.

Procedure

  1. From your browser, log in with admin privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
  2. Select Networking > Tier-0 Gateways.
  3. To edit a tier-0 gateway, click the menu icon (three dots) and select Edit.
  4. Click Routing and Set for Static Route BFD Peer.
  5. Click Add Static Route BFD Peer.
  6. Select a BFD profile. See Add a BFD Profile.
  7. Enter the peer IP address and optionally the source addresses.
  8. Click Save.