Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policies Configuration Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

Configure BFD template using configuration groups

Updated: April 24, 2026

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Use these steps to configure BFD template using configuration groups.

Procedure

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Configuration Groups.

Create and configure a BFD feature in a System profile.

Configure basic settings.

Table 1. Basic Configuration
Field	Description
Poll Interval(In Millisecond)	Specify how often BFD polls all data plane tunnels on a router to collect packet latency, loss, and other statistics used by application-aware routing. Range: 1 through 4,294,967,296 (2³² – 1) milliseconds Default: 600,000 milliseconds (10 minutes)
Multiplier	Specify the value by which to multiply the poll interval, to set how often application-aware routing acts on the data plane tunnel statistics to figure out the loss and latency and to calculate new tunnels if the loss and latency times do not meet the configured SLAs. Range: 1 through 6 Default: 6
DSCP Values for BFD Packets(decimal)	Specify the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) value of the BFD packets that is used in the DSCP control traffic. Range: 0-63 Default: 48

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