[c-nsp] >256MByte Processor Memory for Linecards running a full BGP-table?

[Sven Juergensen]

Dear list,

we have several

  FRU:  Linecard/Module: 3GE-GBIC-SC=
        Processor Memory: MEM-GRP/LC-256=
        Packet Memory: MEM-PKT-512-UPG=
  L3 Engine: 2 - Backbone OC48 (2.5 Gbps)
  MBUS Agent Software version 2.48 (RAM) (ROM version is 3.47)
  ROM Monitor version 17.1
  Fabric Downloader version used 10.1 (ROM version is 10.1)

running in 12008 GSRs. From what i gathered,
sooner or later the processor memory won't
be sufficient to run a full BGP-table and
i'm wondering if it is possible (aside from
trashing existing GSRs and forklift upgrading,
accepting only a default route from the
upstream providers or setting up dedicated BGP
routers elsewhere) to increase that amount?

Did anyone ever try stuffing in more memory
or does it require a firmware upgrade of some
sort?

Thank you in advance,

Sven