Platform Support for Label Switching Features

This chapter defines platform support for features that are not supported across the entire suite of Cisco Platforms.

Platform Support for Label Switching Features

The following tables list the supported platforms for each feature and the release in which they were first introduced. See the Release Notes for details about the platforms supported in the initial product release.

Static MPLS

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

Adjacency statistics

Cisco Nexus 3100-V platform switches

7.0(3)F3(1)

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches

Backup path Fast Reroute (FRR) subsecond convergence

Cisco Nexus 9300 platform switches

7.0(3)F3(1)

None

Backup path Fast Reroute (FRR) subsecond convergence (Limited support)

Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches

7.0(3)F3(1)

None

Egress-Stats for Static Routing

Cisco Nexus 9200 platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(5)

None

MPLS Stripping

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

7.0(3)I3(1)

None

Static MPLS

Cisco Nexus 3200 platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9200 platform switches

Cisco Nexus 3100-V platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300 platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9500 switches with the 9400, 9500, 9600, and 9700-EX line cards

7.0(3)I7(2)

Cisco Nexus 3500 Series

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

N9K-X9700-FX line cards

7.0(3)I7(5)

None

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

7.0(3)I3(1)

None

MPLS Label Impostion

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS Label Imposition

Cisco Nexus 3164Q switch

Cisco Nexus 31128PQ switch

Cisco Nexus 3232C switch

Cisco Nexus 3264Q switch

Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300, 9300-EX, 9300-FX and 9500 switches with the 9400, 9500, 9600, 9700-EX and 9700-FX line cards.

7.0(3)I5(2)

None

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(1)

None

Cisco Nexus 9364C Switch

9.2(1)

None

MPLS Layer 3 VPNs

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS Layer 3 VPN (LDP)

Nexus 9508 switch chassis with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X96136YC-R, N9K-X9636C-RX and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards.

7.0(3)F3(3)

MPLS Traffic Engineering (RSVP)

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7.0(3)F3(1)

Nexus 9508 switch chassis with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636C-RX, N9K-X96136YC-R and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards

MPLS Layer 3 VPN Label Allocation

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS L3VPN Label Allocation

Cisco Nexus 9508

7.0(3)I7(6)

None

Local label allocation

Cisco Nexus 9508

7.0(3)I7(6)

None

MPLS Layer 3 VPN Load Balancing

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS Layer 3 VPN load balancing

MPLS Layer 3 VPN load balancing

7.0(3)F3(3)

None

Segment Routing

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

BGP Egress Peer Engineering

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(1)

None

Egress-Stats for Segment Routing

Cisco Nexus 9200

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(5)

None

MPLS Time-to-Live (TTL)

Cisco N9K-X9700-FX line card

Cisco N9K-X9700-EX line cards

7.0(3)I7(5)

None

A non-disruptive ISSU with MPLS features

None

None

None

Segment Routing

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

7.0(3)I3(1)

None

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(1)

None

Cisco Nexus N9K-X9736C-FX line cards.

7.0(3)I7(3)

None

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 platform switches

9.2(2)

None

Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -R line cards.

9.2(2)

None

Segment routing and SR-EVPN

Cisco Nexus C31108PC-V switches

Cisco Nexus C31108TC-V switches

Cisco Nexus C3132Q-V switches

7.0(3)I7(1)

None

Segment-routing traffic engineering with on-demand nexthop

Cisco Nexus 9364C (N9K-C9364C) switches

9.2(2)

None

Layer3 VPN over Segment Routing

Cisco Nexus 3100

Cisco Nexus 3200

Cisco Nexus 9200

Cisco Nexus 9300

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2

Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with the 9400, 9500, 9600, 9700-EX, and 9700-FX line cards.

9.2(2)

None

Layer3 VPN and Layer3 EVPN Stitching for Segment Routing

Cisco Nexus 9364C (N9K-C9364C) switches

9.2(2)

None

OSPF Segment Routing

Cisco Nexus 9364C (N9K-C9364C) switches

9.2(2)

None

MPLS QoS

Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS QoS

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

N9K-X9700-FX line card

N9K-X9700-EX line card

7.0(3)I7(5)

None

MPLS Segment Routing OAM

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

MPLS OAM Nil FEC

Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches

7.0(3)I7(1)

Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -R line cards.

InterAS Option B

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Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

InterAS option B

Cisco Nexus 9508 switch chassis

7.0(3)I6(x)

None

InterAS option B

Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -R line cards.

9.2(2)

None