> So the IGP would provide reachability between the PE and RR loopbacks and
> so the IGP would have to be converged for BGP TCP session to establish.
>
> Am I missing something?
>

Yes. Entire concept of PUA/PULSE is about detecting transition to "DOWN"
state of the PE.

So talking about IGP convergence for TCP session to be established is
completely irrelevant,


#2 Both PUA/PULSE are triggered at ABR by local area IGP complete
>> convergence. The very same local IGP convergence will complete faster to
>> RRs in the area when RRs are part of the IGP. That can be a trigger if you
>> are allergic to run BFD over IBGP
>>
>
> Gyan> PUA and Pulse use flooding mechanisms which is instantaneous to
> propagate the down event to then other areas for the protected instant
> convergence.  The RR flood of PUA / Pulse event would be hierarchical
> framework so would reflected upstream over multiple hops.   As the IGP has
> its local protection optimizations as well as BFD single hop detection of
> next hop failure the convergence would be instantaneous.
>

Whow !

#1 - Nothing is instantaneous

#2 - Before PUA/PULSE code kicks in local area must *fully* converge first.

#3 - Hierarchy is good for you.

#4 - Withdraw propagation via RRs is very fast (max - miliseconds)

#5 - Propagating single or few BGP withdrawal messages over two RRs is much
faster then flooding over 2 areas and N IGP nodes (which btw have zero
interest in this opaque to them information).



> #3 As to BFD session scaling, that limit is important in respect to 100s
>> or 1000s EBGP sessions from such PE. Not when talking about adding two more
>> sessions to RRs.
>>
>
>     Gyan> Scale would be on the RR now terminating many BFD sessions.
>

That is not of any practical issue considering current support numbers used
for EBGP BFD as example.

Many thx,
R.
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