Equal Cost Multipath

Table 1. Equal Cost Multiple Path for IPv6 product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

ECMP for IPv6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 5.1

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 5.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VOSS 5.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 5.1

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 6.2

XA1400 Series

Not Supported

With Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP), the switch can determine equal-cost paths to the same destination prefix. You can use multiple paths for load sharing of traffic. These multiple paths allow faster convergence to other active paths in case of network failure. By maximizing load sharing among equal-cost paths, you can use your links between routers more efficiently when sending IP traffic. ECMP is formed using routes from the same source or protocol, and the ECMP routes are evaluated within each routing protocol.

The ECMP feature supports and complements the following protocols and route types: