BGP virtual route reflection

XR: XRv
Virtual Route-Reflector. XE: CSR1100v
Primary Backup Server
NX-OS: radar
Primary Backup Server
Router Router
Service 1 RR’s Service 1 virtual RR’s

Service 2 RR’s Service 2 virtual RR’s

Service 3 RR’s Service 3 virtual RR’s

Service 4 RR’s Service 4 virtual RR’s

- Number of control planes are growing due to integration of more BGP services, driving the need to optimize/virtual
BGP route-reflector functions.

-Without compromizing :
- Scalability (32/64b OS) and performance (Multi-core support)
- Independence of operations: reload/update/changes VM’s or Container’s
- Same BGP implementation and software version as deployed on the Edge (XR, XE)
- Management (Hypervisor)
 Evolution of IOS BGP Route-Reflector’s
Performance From 7200 to vRR

IOS-XE: ASR1000
IOS-XR: ASR9000
IOS-XE: CSR1000v
IOS-XR: XRv

IOS-XR: GSR12000
IOS-7200 with 8 RP/RR

Flexibility