[c-nsp] Sup720 maximum memory?

Ed Butler ed.butler at rapidswitch.com
Thu Aug 10 06:29:25 EDT 2006


Yes, we're aware of the 239k IPv4 TCAM limitation. But the problem isn't
that, it's when you run modular IOS and have a few full tables of ~190k
routes, you get through 512mb system memory very quickly.

Regards,

Ed Butler
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de] 
Sent: 10 August 2006 11:27
To: Kristofer Sigurdsson
Cc: Ed Butler; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Sup720 maximum memory?

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:20:37AM +0000, Kristofer Sigurdsson wrote:
> I don't think you can - for full views, you really need the -3BXL 
> (IIRC, $40k USD list).

Don't mix "DRAM memory" (BGP views, etc.) with "TCAM memory" (number of
routes).

gert
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