[c-nsp] Sup32 Memory upgrade

Elmar K. Bins elmi at 4ever.de
Fri Apr 28 04:47:42 EDT 2006


Hi folks,

kristian at juniks.net ('Kristian Larsson') wrote:

> > 256k TCAM entries, but they need to be carved up to "IPv4", "IPv6",
> > "MPLS" and "multicast routes".  Not 256k + 256k + 256k + 256k, but
> > 256k for everything in total.
> Yes, I am aware, although I thought that you could
> partition it 100% IPv4 and nothing else. It would
> seem 244 something thousand is max for IPv4.
> But that is good enough for me.

Looks alright for the "foreseeable future". But actually,
apart from upgrading to XL boards - what would be the
platform of choice if we're talking Cisco? 73's don't
seem to be bothered by static TCAM limits, but they
simply cannot handle a few gbps, or can they?

Elmar.


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