IPsec Compression

Table 1. Fabric Extend - IPsec Compression product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

IPsec compression

5320 Series

Not Supported

5420 Series

Not Supported

5520 Series

Not Supported

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

5720-24MXW and 5720-48MXW using Fabric IPsec Gateway

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10 using Fabric IPsec Gateway

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10 using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 4450 Series

Not Supported

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.7

VSP4900-12MXU-12XE and VSP4900-24XE using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 7200 Series

Not Supported

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.7 using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 8200 Series

Not Supported

VSP 8400 Series

Not Supported

VSP 8600 Series

Not Supported

XA1400 Series

VOSS 8.1.8

IPsec compression reduces the size of the IP datagram to improve the communication performance between hosts connected behind Backbone Edge Bridges (BEB).

Note

Note

This feature is supported on 5720-24MXW, 5720-48MXW, 7520 Series, and 7720 Series using Fabric IPsec Gateway.

Tip

Tip

As a best practice, use IPsec compression only for Fabric Extend tunnels where latency is greater than 70ms.

The following list identifies how you can implement IPsec compression:

To configure IPsec compression, see Configure IPsec Compression.