Installation and Getting Started Guide
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BGP4 re-advertises BGP routes even when OSPF or RIP routes to the same destination have a lower cost
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Redistribution changes take place immediately
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Option to redistribute Internal BGP (IBGP) routes into RIP and OSPF
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Dynamic BGP4 route refresh
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BGP4 route reflection updated to RFC 2796
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Change to route map processing of ACL or other filtering deny statements
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Option to clear BGP4 neighbor sessions based on a specific Autonomous System (AS) number.
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You can specify a route map name when configuring BGP4 network information
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Enhancements to set metric command in route maps
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Enhancements to show ip bgp commands
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Enhancement to BGP4 Syslog message
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Network Address Translation (NAT)
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Extended (VRRPE)
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ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) is disabled by default
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Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
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Support for standard static IP routes and interface or null static routes to the same destination
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Dynamic memory for BGP4
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BGP4 peer groups
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New BGP4 show commands
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Enhanced BGP4 show commands for neighbor information
Layer 2 Enhancements
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Updated STP port Path Cost defaults
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Compatibility with Cisco Systems' Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)
System-Level Enhancements
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Enhanced software version information
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New strict mode for ACL processing of UDP traffic
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Fixed Rate Limiting
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Adaptive Rate Limiting
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Denial of Service (DoS) protection for TCP SYN and ICMP transit traffic
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Authorization and Accounting support for RADIUS and TACACS+
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TACACS+ password prompt support
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VLAN-based management access control
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RSA authentication for SSH
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SCP support for secure file transfers
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Automatic load re-distribution following a healed trunk link
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Support for up to 4095 VLANs and up to 4095 virtual interfaces (VEs)
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VLAN and virtual interface groups
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Enhanced CLI for managing redundant management modules
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