Arista Layer3

Thu Nov 30 22:38:53 UTC 2017

Jared Mauch wrote:
> Lots of folks also use MikroTik as well if the traffic is in the 1G
> range or so.

mikrotik support for ipv6 is still dodgy: recursive next-hop is not
supported in bgp/ipv6:

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=123964#p610239

...  and OSPFv3 routes with the local-address flag set are dropped:

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=51124#p319794

Between the two of these feature deficits, ipv6 isn't a runner on this
platform in a SP environment.  Both problems are due to be resolved in
routeros v7, but the release date for this is elusive.

Also, the bgp stack is single-threaded and the individual core speeds
are relatively low, so operating these devices in the ipv4 dfz can be
troublesome.

Nick