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

Supported on 5720-24MXW and 5720-48MXW

Supported using Fabric IPsec Gateway

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

Supported using Fabric IPsec Gateway

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

Supported using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.7

Supported on VSP4900-12MXU-12XE and VSP4900-24XE

Supported using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.7

Supported using Fabric IPsec Gateway

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

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.