CoPP Policy

[jamesconsterdine]

I've been advised to add BFD to my CoPP policy, as currently that traffic is handled by the data plane. Can anybody explain why BFD isn't in the CoPP by default given it's importance?

I'm sure there's a reason and would like to understand before making a decision.

[Mark Malone]

In the router FPGA is used for sending BFD , so its in the forwarding plane from my understanding so it does not get sent to cpu which will increase and put more pressure on cpu , its light weight on the forwarding plane less intensive

From Docs ---some parts of BFD can be distributed to the data plane, it can be less CPU-intensive than the reduced EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF timers, which exist wholly at the control plane.