Administrator Guide

Switch Feature Overview 89
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
BGP is a protocol used for exchanging reachability information between
autonomous systems. BGP uses a standardized decision process, which, when
used in conjunction with network policies configured by the administrator,
support a robust set of capabilities for managing the distribution of routing
information.
Dell Networking supports BGP4 configured as an IGP or an EGP. As an IGP,
configuration as a source or client route reflector is supported. Both IPv6 and
IPv4 peering sessions are supported.
For more information about configuring BGP, see "BGP " on page 1321.
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
VRF allows multiple independent instances of the forwarding plane to exist
simultaneously. This allows segmenting the network without incurring the
costs of multiple routers. Each VRF instance operates as an independent
VPN. The IP addresses assigned to each VPN may overlap. Static route
leaking to and from the global instance is supported. VLANs associated with a
VRF may not overlap with other VRF instances.
For more information about configuring VRFs, see "VRF " on page 1273.
NOTE: This feature is not available on Dell Networking N1500 and N2000 Series
switches. It is also not available on N3000 Series switches running the ACCESS
ROUTER image.
NOTE: This feature is not available on Dell Networking N1500 and N2000 Series
switches.