LISP Hardware and Software Support...

LISP support is available across a wide range of Cisco platforms and operating systems. Specific LISP features and functions have been and are being introduced according to priorities for the rolls certain platforms may be expected to provide within the network.

The information provided on this page is intended to list the current LISP features and functions supported across various platforms, their software releases, and any caveats or restrictions that might apply. As a general recommendation, please check the release notes for each specific platform.

LISP Feature Support by Operating System

The following table list the LISP features by platform OS

	IOS	IOS-XE	NX-OS	IOS-XR	Cat 6K
Roles
ITR/ETR	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
PITR/PETR	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
MS/MR	yes	yes	yes	ASR9K	yes
RTR [1]	yes	yes	roadmap	roadmap	roadmap
AF Support
EID v4/v6	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
RLOC v4/v6	yes	yes	v4 only	yes (v6 added in 5.3.0)	v4 only
Virtualization
Shared	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Parallel	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Mobility
ESM/ASM	yes	yes	yes	N/A	ASM only
ESM Multi-Hop	yes	yes	yes	N/A	roadmap
Multicast
Phase 1	yes	yes	yes	roadmap	roadmap
NAT-Traversal
NAT-T [2]	testing	testing	N/A	N/A	roadmap

Updated: 19 April 2015

Hardware Supporting LISP

The following table list Cisco Hardware supporting LISP, and any notable caveats or restrictions.

IOS Platforms

	Software	Notes
ISRG1
1800 Series 2800 Series 3800 Series 7200 Series	Engineering Build Only 15.5(2)XB1	EOS/EOL rules 15.5(2)XB1 Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides
ISRG2
800 Series 1900 Series 2900 Series 3900 Series	Mainline Release 15.5(2)T Engineering Build 15.5(2)XB1	License:datak9 [1] 15.5(2)T Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides

[1] LISP requires the datak9 license. Encryption requires the securityk9 license. IOS Licensing
[2] LISP Engineering Build provide: (a) LISP support in ISRG1 devices, and (b) support for new features that will move to later mainline releases. Engineering builds should only be used when necessary, are not recommended in production (unless necessary) but are fully-TAC supported when being used to run LISP.

Updated: 12 August 2015

IOS-XE Platforms

	Software	Notes
ASR1K
ASR 1001, -X ASR 1002, -X ASR 1004 ASR 1006 ASR 1013 ISR 44xx-series ISR 45xx-series Catalyst 3K/4K	Mainline Release ASR1K: 3.15.0S(ED) 4000-series: 3.15.0S(ED) Engineering Build 15.5(2)S1	License:Advanced IP Services or Advanced Enterprise Services 3.15.0S Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides
CSR1KV
CSR1KV	Mainline Release CSR1KV: 3.15.0S	License:Premium or AX 3.15.0S Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides Cloud Services Router Free Trial Amazon Web Services AWS

[1] LISP requires the Advanced IP Services or Advanced Enterprise Services license. Encryption is included. ASR1K Licensing
[2] LISP Engineering Build provide: (a) LISP support in ISRG1 devices, and (b) support for new features that will move to later mainline releases. Engineering builds should only be used when necessary, are not recommended in production (unless necessary) but are fully-TAC supported when being used to run LISP.
[3] Catalyst 3K/4K soon; lisp control-plane with vxlan data plae (encap). Campus Fabric

Updated: 12 August 2015

NX-OS Platforms

	Software	Notes
Nexus 7000
Nexus 7000 Series Nexus 7700 Series	Mainline Release 7000 Series: 6.2(12) 7700 Series: 6.2(12)	License:Transport Services NX-OS 6.2(8) Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides

[1] Requires M1-32 LC modules. F1 modules and the F2e LC module can be used for LISP using proxy forwarding to an installed M1-32 LC module
[2] When LISP ESM Multi-hop is deployed and the N7K is acting as the First-Hop-Router, any Layer 3-capable line card may be used to perform dynamic-eid detection. (Mixing of Line Card types within a single chassis or single VDC is subject to published LC guidelines.)
[3] Beginning with NX-OS 7.2(0), F3 modules will also support LISP

Updated: 19 April 2015

IOS-XR Platforms

	Software	Notes
ASR 9000
ASR 9000 Series	Mainline Release ASR 9000 Series: 5.3.0(MD)	License: base image IOS-XR 5.3.0(MD) Release Notes Command Ref Guide

[1] LISP support requires Typhoon line cards ASR9K Line Cards
[2] CRS 3 also supports basic LISP xTR and PxTR functionality only

Updated: 19 April 2015

Catalyst 6K Platforms

	Software	Notes
Cat 6K
Catalyst 6500 Series Catalyst 6800 Series Catalyst 9000 Series	Mainline Release Cat 6500 Series: 15.2.1-SY0a(ED) Cat 6800 Series: 15.2.1-SY0a(ED) Cat 9300: Cat 9400:	License: -- 15.2.1-SY0a(ED) Release Notes Command Ref Guide Config Guides

[1] Cat 6500 and 6800 support xTR (IPv4-only RLOC), shared mode virtualization, PxTR, MS and MR functionality
[2] Cat 6500 Requires Sup2T supervisor engine and WS-X6904-40GE or WS-X6908-10G line cards
[3] Cat 6880-X (semi-fixed chassis) - supported on all ports at FCS: 15.1(2)SY1 for the baseboard and 15.1(2)SY2 for the port cards
[4] Cat 6807-XL (modular chassis) - supported with Sup2T and 6900 series line cards (6908 and 6904) at FCS: 15.1(2)SY1 (not supported natively on Sup2T, need 6900 modules for encap/decap)

Updated: 19 April 2015

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