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GBP Profiles

GBP profiles allow you to allocate forwarding table resources appropriately for your deployment.

Before running GBP, you must select a GBP profile to use.

GBP profiles are unified forwarding table (UFT) profiles that allow you to allocate forwarding table resources tailored to your network when you run GBP. This enables you to allocate a higher percentage of memory for one type of address over another depending on your needs. The GBP profile determines the table sizes to allocate for the various GBP filters. Set one of the available profiles at the [edit chassis forwarding-options] hierarchy level that best meets your network needs.

Table 1 shows the supported GBP profiles.

Table 1: Supported VXLAN-GBP Profiles (Junos OS Release 23.2R1 and Later)
Profiles Description Supported Platforms
vxlan-gbp-profile Suitable for a balanced configuration that contains a mix of L2 and L3 networks.
  • EX4100

  • EX4400

  • EX4650

  • QFX5120

gbp-profile-1

Suitable for a balanced configuration that contains a mix of L2 and L3 networks.

  • QFX5130

  • QFX5700

vxlan-gbp-l2-profile Suitable when running an edge device in a virtualized network comprised of multiple virtual servers and VMs. You can also use this profile for direct reachability if the edge device needs more space in the mac-table.
  • EX4400

  • EX4650

  • QFX5120

vxlan-gbp-l3-profile Suitable for an edge device running in an L3-intensive network where more space in the host-table is required.
  • EX4400

  • EX4650

  • QFX5120

vxlan-gbp-mc-profile

Required for the network to seamlessly support GBP unicast traffic flows together with multicast flows that use enhanced OISM across the VXLAN tunnels.

Note:

In a GBP-enabled network, we support OISM only in enhanced mode (not regular mode). Also, only unicast traffic carries GBP tags in the VXLAN headers; we don't assign GBP tags to multicast traffic.

  • EX4100

  • EX4400

  • EX4650

  • QFX5120

gbp-pure-l2-profile Configure when running GBP in a pure layer 2 deployment. A pure layer 2 network does not support EVPN-VXLAN. See Use the GBP Pure L2 Profile.
  • EX4100

  • EX4400

  • EX4650

  • QFX5120

Note:

If you set or delete a GBP profile, the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) restarts automatically.

Note:

If you set or delete a GBP profile in a virtual chassis, you must reboot all members of the virtual chassis: request system reboot all-members

Change History Table

Feature support is determined by the platform and release you are using. Use Feature Explorer to determine if a feature is supported on your platform.

Release
Description
25.4R1
Starting in Junos OS Release 25.4R1 on EX4100, EX4400, EX4650, and QFX5120 platforms, we support the gbp-pure-l2-profile.
25.2X100-D30
Starting in Junos OS Evolved Release 25.2X100-D30 on QFX5130 and QFX5700 platforms, we support the gbp-profile-1.
24.2R2-S2
Starting in Junos OS Release 24.2R2-S2 on EX4100, EX4400, EX4650, and QFX5120 platforms, we support the vxlan-gbp-mc-profile.
23.2R1
Starting in Junos OS Release 23.2R1 on EX4400, EX4650, and QFX5120 platforms, we support the vxlan-gbp-l3-profile and the vxlan-gbp-l2-profile.