[c-nsp] BGP memory on a 6500

[Rick Kunkel]

Gotta jump back to this for just a sec... sorry to be so pesky... ;)

OK... Supervisor 2 only has enough TCAM for a little more than about
200,000 routes.  Got it.

And I'm understanding that it's switching things in software after that,
is that right?  Does that mean that it will switch 200k+ of the routes in
hardware, and the remaining ones in software?

Essentially, what I'm trying to figure out is if I *DO* go over that 200k+ 
routes, how greatly am I gonna suffer?

Thanks,

Rick


On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Francois Corthésy wrote:

> Hi Rick,
> 
> Might I point to this earlier discution : 
> https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2006-August/032822.html
> 
> Essentially, If you plan on using anything else than a Sup720-3BXL for 
> Full BGP routing on a 6500 for more than 1 or 2 years you are stuck.
> 
> Francois
> 
> Rick Kunkel wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm considering a 6500, and am trying to assemble a list of required 
> > components.  I'm looking at the Sup2 with PSC2 and MSCF2.  You can get the 
> > MSFC with 512MB of RAM.  Is THIS the RAM that the BGP routing table would 
> > be used, or is that stored elsewhere?  If elsewhere, then where?
> >
> > THanks,
> >
> > Rick Kunkel
> >
> >
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