Rob,
What is a FIB and RIB as a matter of interested ?
Regards,
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert E. Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
To: Steve Lilley <slilley@thrupoint.net>
Cc: Cisco NSP List <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>; <rs@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [nsp] BGP and Memory Requirements
>
> I still take a single full view on a 64mb box. Depends on how many
> IGP routes you have and how lean the codebase you have loaded on your
> router is. Of course, a single full view is useful mostly as a
> curiousity...
>
> The router in question is a 7010 with an RP-64 running 11.1(CA) "p"
> load (ie, just IP). There is very little room to spare.
>
> Seems that the RIB takes up about 18-20mb on another router -- also a
> 7010, this one with an rsp7k running 12.0(10)S, a "J" load (kitchen
> sink). This can double for brief periods of time when the router is
> doing RIB->FIB distillation
>
> The hack with limiting prefix length ought to work OK on your 4700;
> I'd be worried about the sheer overhead of update processing on a 2500
> (depending on amount of flap you're seeing, natch).
>
> ---rob
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