Edge License Features

The Edge License includes all Value Edge license features and the features in the following table.

Table 1. ExtremeXOS and Switch Engine Edge License Features
Software feature Supported platforms
Extended Edge Switching ExtremeSwitching X465, X590, X690
Convergence End Point (CEP) detection All platforms
Direct Attach—based on the IEEE version of VEPA, eliminates the virtual switch layer, simplifying the network and improving performance. Direct Attach enables data center simplification by reducing network tiers from four or five tiers to just two or three tiers, depending on the size of the data center. All platforms
CLEAR-Flow All platforms
System virtual routers (VRs) All platforms
DHCPv4:
  • DHCPv4 server
  • DHCv4 client
  • DHCPv4 relay
  • DHCPv4 smart relay
All platforms
DHCPv6:
  • DHCPv6 relay
  • DHCPv6 prefix delegation snooping
  • DHCPv6 client
  • DHCPv6 smart relay
  • DHCPv6 remote ID
All platforms

User-created virtual routers (VRs)

Virtual router and forwarding (VRF)

ExtremeSwitching X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X690, X695

Local-only, user-created virtual routers (VR) ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X620
VLAN aggregation All platforms
Multinetting for forwarding All platforms

UDP Forwarding

All platforms
UDP BootP relay forwarding All platforms
IPv4 unicast routing, including static routes All platforms
IPv4 multicast routing, including static routes
Note: This feature has limitations in the Edge and Advanced Edge licenses. See the ExtremeXOS 32.6.1 User Guide .
All platforms
IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) All platforms
IPv6 unicast routing, including static routes All platforms
IPv6 interworking—IPv6-to-IPv4 and IPv6-in-IPv4 configured tunnels All platforms, except X435, X620, and X440-G2
IPv6 DAD without CLI management All platforms
IPv6 DAD with CLI management All platforms
IP security:
  • DHCP Option 82—L3 mode
  • DHCP Option 82—L3 mode VLAN ID
  • Disable ARP learning
  • Gratuitous ARP protection
  • DHCP secured ARP / ARP validation
  • Source IP lockdown
All platforms
IP address security:
  • DHCP snooping
  • Trusted DHCP server
  • Source IP lockdown
  • ARP validation
All platforms
IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) ExtremeSwitching X460-G2
IP NAT ExtremeSwitching X590, X465, X690, X695
Keychain Manager All platforms
Multi-Switch Link Aggregation Group (MLAG) All platforms
ONEPolicy All platforms
Policy based routing (PBR) for IPv4 All platforms
Policy based routing (PBR) for IPv6 All platforms
PIM snooping
Note: This feature has limitations in the Edge and Advanced Edge licenses. See the ExtremeXOS 32.6.1 User Guide .
All platforms
Protocol-based VLANs All platforms
RIP v1/v2 All platforms
RIPng All platforms
Routing access policies All platforms
Route maps All platforms
SummitStack (switch stacking using native or dedicated ports) ExtremeSwitching X460-G2 with X460-G2-VIM-2SS optional card, and X450-G2
SummitStack-V (switch stacking using dual-purpose data ports) All platforms, except X435. See the specific models listed in the "Support for Alternate Stacking Ports" section of the ExtremeXOS 32.6.1 User Guide .
SyncE ExtremeSwitching X460-G2
Python scripting All platforms
Extreme Network Virtualization (XNV) All platforms, except X435