[c-nsp] "show platform hardware capacity" shows sup720-3b FIBtableat 98%

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 04:17:01PM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 	Then eventually the box will reload with
> 
> *Oct 17 17:56:47.517: %SYS-SP-5-RELOAD: Reload requested Reload Reason: FIB Protocol Allocation mismatch.
> 
> 	on the console.

Wierd, never seen that one.

> 	very lame imho, but it's a one time hit so not too bad.

Unfortunately that "one time hit" is way too long. Improving the boot time 
should be a serious Cisco goal, and everyone who has influence should 
request it. If they could have found a way to split the SP and RP images 
while still achieve the native "effect", and have them both boot 
simultaniously, they could have seriously reduced the load time AND 
avoided the whole "images are too big for my flash" issue. Not to mention 
that it seems the stock internal 64mb flashes load twice as fast (2MB/s) 
as any compact flash (1MB/s), external or internal.

Stuff happens to the best of platforms, but a box crapping out is a lot 
less painful when it is back up and working in under 30 secs, compared to 
5+ minutes. This is still one of Foundry's biggest selling points in my 
mind. :)

I don't suppose any of this has been improved for the RSP720/MSFC4?

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