Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.x

Feature history for OSPF routing protocol

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Lists the development milestones and release information for OSPF, including feature description.

This table describes the developments of this feature, by release.

Table 1. Feature History
Feature	Release Information	Description
OSPFv3 Support on Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Devices	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.3.2 Cisco vManage Release 20.3.1	Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) is an IPv4 and IPv6 link-state routing protocol that supports IPv6 and IPv4 unicast address families.
OSPFv3 IPSec Authentication	Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.18.1a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.18.1	OSPFv3 authentication protects OSPFv3 routing payload with IPSec encryption and hashing. The solution is based on statically configured cryptographic keys that build on top of crypto map solutions. OSPFv3 is supported on service side and transport side.

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