[nsp] BGP memory requirement increase with IOS 12.2?

From: Przemyslaw Karwasiecki (karwas@ifxcorp.com)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 11:12:10 EDT


Hello,

Does anyone happens to know what are memory requirements
for cisco NSE-1 supposed to carry full BGP table (~100000 routes)?

Is it known phenomenon that memory requirements for BGP process(es)
are much higher in IOS 12.2 than in IOS 12.1?

Or maybe this is Service Provider trim causing this?

Basically BGP router process on box running IOS 12.1 is holding
~45MB of memory, while on box working in comparable condition,
but wth IOS upgraded to 12.2 the same BGP router process is holding
~73MB of memory. Is it normal and expected?
In other words: Is it a feature, or is it a bug :-) ?

Thank you for sharing your experiences in this matter,

Przemek

Please see what I have noticed after upgrading IOS from 12.1 to 12.2:

\Before Upgrade/
 --------------

On 7206 running IOS 12.1:
  VECCSCTV7206X1#sh ver
  IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-IS-M), Version 12.1(3a)E5
  (...)
  cisco 7206VXR (NSE-1) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K bytes of
memory.

BGP memory utilization is:
  VECCSCTV7206X1#sh ip bgp summ
  (...)
  100516 network entries and 100515 paths using 13368592 bytes of memory
  17107 BGP path attribute entries using 1027320 bytes of memory
  14795 BGP AS-PATH entries using 387264 bytes of memory
  (...)

  VECCSCTV7206X1#sh proc mem | incl BGP
  110 0 1218664248 150318936 45754152 0 0 BGP Router
                                  ^^^^^^^^
  111 0 389084 940019976 6804 195804 0 BGP I/O
  112 0 0 88461616 9804 0 0 BGP Scanner

\After Upgrade/
 -------------

On 7206 running IOS 12.2:
  USMIANOC7206X1#sh ver
  IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-P-M), Version 12.2(2)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE
(fc1)
  (...)
  cisco 7206VXR (NSE-1) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K bytes of
memory.

BGP memory utilization is:
  USMIANOC7206X1#sh ip bgp summ
  (...)
  100258 network entries and 100254 paths using 13735186 bytes of memory
  16824 BGP path attribute entries using 1009920 bytes of memory
  14652 BGP AS-PATH entries using 381724 bytes of memory
  (...)

  USMIANOC7206X1#sh proc mem | incl BGP
  113 0 74733812 731416 73850548 0 0 BGP Router
                                  ^^^^^^^^
  114 0 0 0 6828 0 0 BGP I/O
  115 0 0 131168 9828 0 0 BGP Scanner



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