[nsp] How much memory needed on a VIP

Hyunseog Ryu r.hyunseog at ieee.org
Mon Jan 26 14:25:46 EST 2004


Yes, right.
VIP2-50 supports up to 128MB.
VIP2-40 supports up to 64MB. ^.^
Sorry for confusion.

Hyun



On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:18:04 -0800, Richard J. Sears wrote
> We run 128MB on our VIP2-50s
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:06:54 -0600
> "Hyunseog Ryu" <r.hyunseog at ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > At minimum, it will require 128MB for VIP4-80 or VIP6-80 if you are 
running 
> > Full BGP routing.
> > I don't think VIP2 can support more than 64MB, and that's why we replaced 
all 
> > VIP2 with either VIP4-80 or VIP6-80.
> > 
> > I would say let's go with 256MB for VIP4(6)-80 CPU memory. 
> > Currently full BGP routing table size is about 140K BGP prefixes, 
> > and if there is any routing instance, it will jump up to 200K easily. 
> > 
> > If you don't want service disuption by memory limitation, let's go with 
> > maximum memory if possible. 
> > 
> > Hyun
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:40:51 -0500 (EST), 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?
> > > 
> > > K
> > > 
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