BGP fundamentals

Table 1. Border Gateway Protocol product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

Border Gateway Protocol for IPv4 (BGPv4)

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VSP 4000 4.0

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 4.2.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 4.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 4.5

XA1400 Series

VOSS 8.0.50

BGP+  (BGPv4 for IPv6)

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 5.0

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 5.0

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 5.0

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 5.0

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 6.2

XA1400 Series

Not Supported

BGPv6

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 7.0

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 7.0

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 7.0

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 7.0

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 8.0

XA1400 Series

Not Supported

External BGP (eBGP)

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VSP 4000 4.0

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 4.2.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 4.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 4.5

XA1400 Series

VOSS 8.0.50

Internal BPG (iBGP)

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 4.2.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 4.5

XA1400 Series

VOSS 8.0.50

Route metric for BGP route redistribution

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 6.1

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 6.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 6.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 6.1

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 8.0

XA1400 Series

VOSS 8.0.50

iBGP over user-created VRFs

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

Only 5320-48P-8XE and 5320-48T-8XE support more than one VRF with IP configuration.

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

7520 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

7720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.10

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 8.0 - demonstration feature

XA1400 Series

Not Supported

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-domain routing protocol that provides loop-free routing between autonomous systems (AS) or within an AS. This section describes the major BGP features.