Overview
BGP Route Reflectors built using the Flock Internet Routing Engine (FIRE) have been in production since 2022.
- Unparalleled performance. The use of thread pools achieves linear prefix scale and neighbor scale verses CPU count. Tens of millions of IP prefixes can be supported alongside over ten thousand BGP neighbors.
- Unparalleled safety is achieved by using the memory safe Rust language.
- Unparalleled stability is achieved by running over one thousand integration tests on every code change. Thousands of network devices have been in production for over three years and the Flock IP Routing suite has never failed, crashed or unexpectedly restarted.
- Simple configuration. The support of BGP Dynamic neighbors allows a FIRE based RR to be up and running after receiving a single configuration event.
- Great network observability. The FIRE operational state API and Telemetry API allows monitoring using any protocol you choose. gRPC, REST, Netconf, Prometheus, etc or even bespoke if you require.
Other products built using FIRE
All products →RS→
BGP Route Server
Create BGP Route Servers with fast convergence and unmatched security
CPE→
CPE Router
Create lightweight core provider edge routers
HOST→
Host Application Routing
Allow each host to select a network path per application
MON→
Network Monitoring Node
Monitor in real time by installing a passive network node
P→
P Router
Create uniform core provider routers
PCE→
Path Computation Element
Create PCE controllers with five-nines uptime
PE→
PE Router
Create feature rich core provider edge routers
Build your BGP Route Reflector using FIRE.
The source code is available to license. Run it on Linux or SONiC.