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maximum number of bgp routes

LCMember4164 — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:27:05 GMT

hi,

is there a maximum number of bgp route entries supported for the 5000 series ? does it support a full ipv4 routing table ? i cannot find any docs or data sheets with this kind of limits detailed...

thanks

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

darren_g — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:20:49 GMT

Yes, and No.

I went through the same questions when I was considering using the PAN device instead of a dedicated edge router.

The following table shows the limits (sent to me by a Palo Alto SA about 6-8 months ago when I was planning for implementation, and still current according to the current spec sheet for the 5000 series platform)

	PA-5060	PA-5050	PA-5020	PA-4060	PA-4050	PA-4020	PA-2050	PA-2020	PA-500	PA-200
Static routing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Forwarding table size (entries per device)	64,000	64,000	64,000	20,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	2,500	1,250	1,000
Forwarding table size (entries per VR)	64,000	64,000	64,000	20,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	2,500	1,250	1,000
Max route maps per VR	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Routing Peers (regardless of protocol)	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,024

Since the current entire BGP table is somewhere around 440000 routes, the entire table is not going to fit into a PAN device - even a 5000 series - without some serious filtering.

Cheers.

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

LCMember4164 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:06:58 GMT

thanks! very useful table

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

william_petrarca — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:30:06 GMT

Do you have any information regarding the max routes for the 3000 series?

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

kiwi — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:04:02 GMT

In addition to above table for PA-3050 and PA-3020 :

Forwarding table size (entries per device)	5.000	2.500
Forwarding table size (entries per VR)	5.000	2.500
Max route maps per VR	50	50
Routing Peers (regardless of protocol)	1.024	1.024

Kind regards,

-Kim.

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

darren_g — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:15:17 GMT

They're the same as the equivalent 2000 series - from my understanding, the main difference between the 2000 and the 3000 is on the management plane, not the data plane - management is much improved on the 3000 (more RAM in the management plane setup), but everything else remains the same.

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

jhendersho — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:18:39 GMT

Is there an updates version of this table with 5200s?

Re: maximum number of bgp routes

rolinger — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:49:59 GMT

The accepted answer here needs more clarity. The forwarding table is not the same as the BGP table, the same could be considered for the OSPF.

IE: What are the max's for these different tables...or they all just merged as a total of ALL those routes even though some are not added to the main routing table or forwarded on to a peer:

Device Route Table

BGP Local RIB

BGP RIB Out