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 Devices¹	Release Introduced
`vxlan-gbp-profile`	Suitable for a balanced configuration that contains a mix of L2 and L3 networks.	EX4100 EX4400 EX4650 QFX5120	Junos OS Release 21.1R1
`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	Junos OS Release 23.2R1
`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	Junos OS Release 23.2R1
`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	Junos OS Release 24.2R2-S2
`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 Using the GBP Pure L2 Profile.	EX4100 EX4400 EX4650 QFX5120	Junos OS Release 25.4R1
¹Specific variants are listed in Supported Platforms.

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