Re: [nsp] CEF, BGP tables and memory

From: Jared Mauch (jared@puck.nether.net)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2001 - 22:56:12 EST


On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:21:08AM +0800, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:34:03PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > > 128MB should be enough for two BGP peers and CEF. What problems are you
> > > running into when you enable CEF?
> >
> > It is not on non-VXR 7200s. If you can afford to, go back to
> > 11.1(36)CC on your non-vxr 7200s as that doesn't have the same
> > memory-size impact that 12.0S does.
>
> I have little free RAM as it is on a non-VXR. Turning on CEF causes crashes.
> I wonder what depletes the RAM since I have no soft reconfig or dampening.
>
> So, the VXR uses RAM more efficiently?

        I don't think so. I think Barry is mistaken and isn't running
recent software after some more tests of mine today w/ 12.0(15)S.

        - Jared

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