[c-nsp] BGP hardware requirements

[Hyunseog Ryu]

I agree on Mark's assessment for memory upgrade.
If you are concerned about cost, you can find third party memory from
kingston or some other well-known manufacturers.
It is good idea to upgrade memory to max, so you don't have to shutdown
the router to upgrade it again.
Also, BGP may use lots of memory with BGP prefix number increase, and/or
sudden BGP routing leakage from public Internet.
So it's good to have memory upgrade to max when you have a chance.

Hyun


Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Thursday 30 August 2007 17:51, Dracul wrote:
>
>   
>> 1. My 2851 is already ok for 2x 2MB link BGP
>>     
>
> Right.
>
>   
>> 2. I need to upgrade my 256MB memory to 512 MB
>>     
>
> I would say take the full 1GB. It's always best to max. out 
> the memory on the routers so you have one less problem to 
> worry about, especially if the price differential between 50% 
> and 100% capacity is minimal.
>
>   
>> 3. I need to replace my IOS to support a higher feature of
>> BGP possibly this:
>> ADVANCED ENTERPRISE
>> SERVICESc2800nm-adventerprisek9-mz.124-16.bin<http://tools.
>> cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/Dispatch?act=feature&imageid=840591&plat
>> formFamily=268&featureSet=6&featureSelected=93,74,89,102&ava
>> ilSoftwares=IOS>
>>     
>
> Right, would be best.
>
>   
>> are my assumptions correct? By the way there would be no
>> issues if the links are transported through v.35
>> or fastethernet from the ISPs right?
>>     
>
> Nope; as long as there are no link errors and the links are 
> up :-).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>   
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