[c-nsp] 7206VXR Crashing on BGP full feed

[Andrew Fort]

Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> Ok
> 
> So... I'm getting lots of responses about IOS version. Does this mean that
> it is not worth trying to actually figure out the problem and I should just
> change IOS and see if it still happens?
> 
> ...Skeeve

re the crash, the address "0xAB1234CE" looks particularly cooked, i 
roshamboe you it's a software problem.

Generally I believe it's good practice to test what you're trying to do 
first, particularly when running bleeding edge code.  Wisdom usually 
only comes through making mistakes though, so welcome.

However, to help your client more rapidly, we have boxes that look 
rather similar, with same/faster and slower NPE's, more routes, 512MB, 
and 12.0(28)S<something>.  We have found that reliable enough for the 
netflow+ospf+bgp+.1q+acl subint access router role (also as a small 
core/border with some less of that junk running).  Even the SNMP 
counters work for us (yay even on .1q subints), which is an ever present 
complaint.

Alternatively if you want different/other features, you might find 
12.2(18)S<something> to your liking.  Keep in mind some things change 
between 12.0 and 12.2, such as AAA configuration (i.e., 12.0 has no AAA 
groups, 12.2 does), so keep this in mind when/if you go backwards in 
versions.  We also have found that particularly reliable.

The software version question does come up regularly, and the 7206 is 
arguably the most common box in c-nsp land.  If you had searched the 
archives, which are available in searchable form at 
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cisco-nsp&r=1&w=2 , you would definitely 
have found what you were looking for. (e.g. 
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cisco-nsp&w=2&r=1&s=stable+IOS&q=b).

-andrew