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Nexus and ospfv3 does NOT support address family ipv4 what the heck?

f00z
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I have a network running ospfv3 with ipv4 address family for many years with a combination of IOS and XR and Juniper and Arista devices and I tried to add a nexus 9k to it and there's no address-family ipv4 in ospfv3.. what in the heck? Am I missing something or is it not there? If it's not there that would be the most absolutely ridiculous thing I ever hear of Cisco doing.   Even my old 6509's are running ospfv3 with ipv4 family and i'm trying to replace some of those with nexus 9k and this is like a punch in the face. I hope I'm missing something and it really is there somewhere.

 

 

 

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Sergiu.Daniluk
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Hi @f00z 

Yep, Nexus (NXOS or ACI) only supports IPv6 in OSPFv3. That's probably because you can simply use OSPFv2 for IPv4.

 

Stay safe,

Sergiu

f00z
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That is.. absolutely ridiculous considering every other Cisco platform supports it and other vendors as well and I have whole networks using it and simply wanted to add a nexus into it and can't.  Very disappointing.

 

I agree. It should be there. As far as I see, it might be simply an "inheritance" problem from Nexus 7k, (and maybe not a lot of demand for it?). But since you have a strong business case, this might be a good opportunity for an enhancement request. I encourage you to talk with your local cisco representatives and request for this feature.

 

Thanks,

Sergiu

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