[c-nsp] CEF fun in SXF

[Roman Sokolov]

Hello Gert,

Monday, December 12, 2005, 12:42:07 PM, you wrote:
GD> ... is there a way to influence the PPS rate for this rate limiting?
Yes. sh mls rate-limit. router#mls rate-limit ?

GD> We recently ran into another interesting effect, where an out-of-memory
GD> problem triggered "%FIB-2-FIBDOWN: CEF has been disabled due to a low 
GD> memory condition." -- the box wasn't very busy anyway, so the MSFC should
GD> have managed to keep up.  Instead, we saw packet loss like crazy, which
GD> fits your description.
If you have disabled cef because of memory issues, then may be you have to
use same solution like for gsr's cef :) i mean, exception memory minimum
processor xxx. Fast reboot sometimes can help much, and of course you have
to monitor number of routes in your routing table.

GD> So it would have been nice to say "yes, we know the box will keep up
GD> with the current load, and tonight we will reboot it" instead of having
GD> to reboot at office hours...
It's not ideal world :)

GD> gert

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 Roman
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