[nsp] How much memory needed on a VIP

jlewis at lewis.org jlewis at lewis.org
Mon Jan 26 14:26:32 EST 2004


On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:

> I have been looking on Cisco site, but can't find the answer to this.
> 
> If I have 256MB on a RSP4 so the router can have 3 BGP sessions, how much
> memory is needed on a VIP so if can do dCEF?

Depends on config and whether you plan to do stuff like ip route-cache 
flow.  I'd say 64mb is the bare minimum, 128mb is strongly recommended.

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