[c-nsp] Cat5000 and BGP

Alex Rubenstein alex at nac.net
Wed Nov 9 07:08:08 EST 2005



> I understand that currently full feed BGP Cisco routers suffer from the 
> "per minute BGP scanner CPU hog" symptom which translates to occasional 
> high latency when pinging the router.

Yes. So?

> If the router is to run in MLS mode with the Cat5k, would this high 
> latency symtom be elevated?

Above, you say "... pinging the router ..."

This latency situation doesn't happen when pinging 'through' the router, 
so, in effect, it is entirely cosmetic.

Again, this doesn't excuse the behavior -- it is what it is.


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