Opinions on Nexus 3K support for full BGP feed

[pat.mchenry]

Hi All,

I've been looking for some documentation on the Nexus 3Ks support for BGP. I understand BGP is supported with the Enterprise license, but I am concerned about the 3Ks ability to handle a full BGP feed? 

Thank you, Pat

[cassiolange · Accepted solution]

Hi Pat, 

According with verified scalability is not possible. BGP full has around 700000 IPV4 routes.

For all my customers, I every ask the same question. You really need all internet routes?
If you are not a ISP, probably you don't need.
Partial routes (2 or 3 AS PATHS ) plus default route maybe solve your problem.

Regards, 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3600/sw/9x/scalability/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_3600_NX-OS_Verified_Scalability_Guide_921.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3000/sw/scalability/921/b_N3548_Verified_Scalability_Guide_921.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3000/sw/scalability/921/b_Cisco_Nexus_3000_Series_NXOS_Verified_Scalability_Guide_921.html

[pat.mchenry · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the response

-Pat