Learn about the technical capabilities and limitations of the OVHcloud Connect solution.
Instructions
Link capabilities
- 1000Base-LX/LH for 1Gb
- 10GBase-LR for 10Gb
- Jumbo frame up to 9000 bytes
- Auto-negotiation not supported
Technical limitations
Layer 2 mode
- The number of client-side MAC addresses is limited to 512 per port
Layer 3 mode
- Each EntryPoint/POP supports only one BGP session (no eBGP Multihop)
- Each EndPoint/DC supports up to 4 BGP peers
- Up to 100 prefixes can be announced per BGP session
Unsupported features
Layer 2 mode
- 802.1p CoS-based
- DCBX and related protocols (802.1Qbb, 802.1Qaz, 802.1Qau)
- TRILL, SPF, and FabricPath
- FCoE
- Spanning-tree
- IGMP and Multicast
- EtherChannel, PaGP for aggregation
Layer 3 mode
- IPv6
- Any QoS mechanism
- 802.1q tag
- Multi-VRF
- eBGP Multi-Hop
- iBGP
- Static routing in EntryPoint/PoP
Known issues
| Description | Detail | Cause | Workaround | Affected sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC routes not propagated to PoP | When using AS65501, routes announced using BGP in vRack are not propagated to PoP | OVHcloud internal configuration | Do not use AS65501 | ALL |
| Light received but port is down | Device fails to change interface status to UP despite optical levels on RX are correct | Autonegotiation is configured | Unconfigure autonegotiation | ALL PoPs |
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Network support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.
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