[c-nsp] 3550 Switch and BGP

[Hank Nussbacher]

At 06:07 PM 08-03-05 +0100, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > Last time I looked, the 3550s couldn't do BGP even with EMI.  They can
> > do the lower-end protocols - EIGRP, OSPF and RIP (does anyone still use
> > this?) but not BGP.  I think you'll need a proper router rather than L3
> > switch.
>
>Don't know when you last looked. I used 3550/EMI at least a year and a
>half ago, probably more. Works fine, as long as you're aware of the
>limitation on the number of routes.

As well as a few BGP commands that are not supported.

In 12.1(20)EA2 as well as in 12.2(25)SE these BGP commands aere not supported:

>Unsupported BGP Router Configuration Commands
>
>address-family vpnv4
>
>default-information originate
>
>neighbor advertise-map
>
>neighbor allowas-in
>
>neighbor default-originate
>
>neighbor description
>
>network backdoor
>
>table-map

See: 
<http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/12225se/3550scg/swuncli.pdf> 
for details.

-Hank