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= Limitations and restrictions

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MetalLB has limitations for infrastructure, layer 2 mode, and BGP mode in {product-title}. Consider infrastructure fit, layer 2 single-node bandwidth and failover, and BGP connection resets and single ASN when you plan your deployment.