Alarm number: 2878

Name: BFD LI NK FAI LURE

Meaning: Thi s al ar mi s set on RNC when BFD l i nk
f ai l ur e i s det ect ed bet ween
moni t or ed l ocal and r emot e I P addr esses. As a
r esul t of t hi s t he
connect i on bet ween t he I P addr esses ment i oned
i n t hi s al ar mi s
not avai l abl e.

Al ar ms ar e r ai sed i n t he f ol l owi ng cases:
I ngr ess al ar m:
The al ar mshal l be r ai sed when no BFD
message i s r ecei ved at t he
l ocal end dur i ng t he det ect i on t i me. The
al ar mshal l be cl ear ed
once a BFD message i s r ecei ved at t he l ocal
end or when t he BFD
f unct i on i s di sabl ed. The al ar mi n i ngr ess
di r ect i on i s
i ndependent of t he al ar mi n egr ess
di r ect i on.
Egr ess al ar m:
The al ar mshal l be r ai sed when t he BFD
cont r ol packet comi ng f r om
t he r emot e peer cont ai ns t he di agnost i c
code " Cont r ol Det ect i on
Ti me Expi r ed" and no i ngr ess al ar mi s
pr esent .
Socket al ar m:
The al ar mshal l be r ai sed i n cases when t he
l ocal I P i nt er f ace i s
not wor ki ng pr oper l y or mi sconf i gur ed, e. g.
when an I P addr ess
used as sour ce endpoi nt i s not conf i gur ed.

The al ar mshal l be cl ear ed when t he BFD
message f r omt he r emot e end
cont ai ns a st at e di f f er ent f r om"Down" , or
when t he BFD f unct i on i s
di sabl ed, or when t he I P connect i vi t y i s
r est or ed. I ngr ess and Egr ess
di r ect i on, or socket cause can be obt ai ned i n
t he 1st suppl ement ar y
i nf or mat i on f i el d.
Supplementary
inf ormation f ields:
1 i nt er nal BFD er r or code. Val ues:
01: Local t i mer expi r at i on, st at e Down
02: Remot e st at e Down
03: Remot e st at e Admi nDown
04: I P i nt er f ace er r or

2 name of t he uni t wher e BFD f ai l ur e was
det ect ed

3 i ndex of t he uni t wher e BFD f ai l ur e was
det ect ed

4 f ai l ed dest i nat i on I P addr ess

5 f ai l ed l ocal I P addr ess

6 st at e f i el d of r ecei ved message. Val ues:
00: Admi nDown
01: Down
02: I ni t
03: Up

7 di agnost i c f i el d of r ecei ved message ( i f
non- zer o) . Val ues ar e:
01: Cont r ol Det ect i on Ti me Expi r ed
03: Nei ghbor Si gnal ed Sessi on Down
07: Admi ni st r at i vel y Down

8 l ocal di scr i mi nat or f i el d of f ai l ed
sessi on

9 r emot e di scr i mi nat or f i el d of f ai l ed
sessi on

10 sessi on t ype f i el d. The Val ues i s def i ned
by t he sack:
00: XI P_BFD_SESS_REC_T_MHOP_C
01: XI P_BFD_SESS_REC_T_I CMP_C
02: XI P_BFD_SESS_REC_T_SHOP_C


Instruct ions: When t hi s al ar mi s r ai sed i t means t hat t her e
i s no communi cat i on
bet ween t he peer s wi t h t he r epor t ed I P
addr esses. I t coul d be
a pr obl emi n t he l i ne car ds of t he net wor k
el ement s but t he pr obl em
coul d be i n t he mi ddl e i f a mul t i - hop net wor k
i s used t o connect
t he peer s. To l ocat e t he pr obl emt he oper at or
shoul d l ook t he
1st di scr i mi nat or f i el d:
01: Local t i mer expi r at i on, st at e Down
02: Remot e st at e Down
03: Remot e st at e Admi nDown
04: I P i nt er f ace er r or

Er r or code 01 means t hat no i ncomi ng packet
i s r ecei ved f r omt he
peer t hen pr obl emcoul d be i n t he mi ddl e or
t he peer coul d have
no connect i vi t y or i s not wor ki ng anymor e. As
f ar as t he connect i vi t y
i s r ecover ed t he al ar mi s cl ear ed
aut omat i cal l y.

Er r or code 02 means t hat t he r emot e peer has
gone t o down st at e f or
i nt er nal r easons and has si gnal ed t hi s t o t he
l ocal peer .
The oper at or coul d wai t f or t hi s al ar mt o
di sappear . I f t he al ar m
does not di sappear i t has t o check t hat t he
r emot e peer i s wor ki ng.
Anyway i t shoul d not be a connect i vi t y
pr obl em. As f ar as t he down
st at e i s cl ear ed by t he peer t he al ar mi s
cl ear ed aut omat i cal l y
on t he l ocal .

Er r or code 03 means t hat t he oper at or has
di sabl ed BFD on t he
r emot e peer . Al ar mi s cl ear ed i f t he oper at or
di sabl es BFD
on t he l ocal peer t oo.

Er r or code 04 means t hat t he l ocal I P
i nt er f ace i s not wor ki ng
pr oper l y or i t i s mi sconf i gur ed, f or exampl e
i f t he conf i gur at i on of
t he sour ce I P addr ess i s mi ssi ng. When t he I P
pr ot ocol r et ur ns t o
pr oper f unct i onal i t y t he al ar mi s cl ear ed
aut omat i cal l y. No BFD
sessi on r econf i gur at i on i s needed.


Cancelling: Do not cancel t he al ar m. The syst emcancel s
t he al ar maut omat i cal l y
when t he f aul t has been cor r ect ed.