[Rfc8950] FW: Junos/Juniper Support for RFC 8950

Hi Guys As agreed I would share what the LINX’s Juniper SE shared with me with regards to RFC8950. Hope this is useful info. Mo Hi Mo, Hope you’re well. We support RFC5549 (predecessor to RFC8950) on MX since 17.3R1. Other platforms like QFX had support added later as per below: https://apps.juniper.net/feature-explorer/feature-info.html?fKey=7931&f… Below are some PRs that affected RFC8950 compliance: PR1649332<https://prsearch.juniper.net/problemreport/PR1649332> : RFC 8950 Extended Nexthop Encoding Capability conformance issue PR1716946<https://prsearch.juniper.net/problemreport/PR1716946> : BGP connection doesn't establish when it is configured with rfc8950-compliant under logical-systems on all Junos and Junos OS Evolved platforms From the last PR, the fixes are available in: 22.4R2 22.4R3 23.1R2 23.2R1 23.3R1 Reference documentation: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/bgp/topics/topic… For point to point BGP peering, the dynamic tunnels described in above doc are not required. I tested on 23.1R2 and below is my simple topology and sample config: LAN01(2.2.2.0/24) ------- ge-0/0/2 - R1 (AS65001) - ge-0/0/1---- v6 Peering ---- ge-0/0/1 R2 (AS65002) ge-0/0/2 ------- LAN02 (1.1.1.0/24) root> show configuration protocols bgp group TEST { type external; local-address 2001:db8::2; family inet { unicast { extended-nexthop; } } export EXPORT-BGP; peer-as 65001; neighbor 2001:db8::1; } rfc8950-compliant; root> show configuration interfaces ge-0/0/1 unit 0 { family inet; family inet6 { address 2001:db8::2/64; } } root> show route table inet.0 1.1.1.0/24 inet.0: 6 destinations, 6 routes (6 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 1.1.1.0/24 *[BGP/170] 14:18:30, localpref 100 AS path: 65001 I, validation-state: unverified Please let me know if you would like to have a quick call to go through. Kind Regards, Ashvin Juniper Business Use Only