[c-nsp] maximum dCEF routes on GSR engine 2 cards

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Unfortunately, you can't selectively download FIB content to the LCs, so
even if no MPLS packet will ever touch the E2s, the information will be
there. 
Can you send your config unicast?

	oli

John van Oppen <mailto:john at vanoppen.com> wrote on Sunday, July 29, 2007
9:45 PM:

> I only need MPLS two LCs (I am doing some layer 2 Ethernet over MPLS)
> in the router, so would it work to disable MPLS globally then just
enable
> tag-switching on the couple of interfaces I need it on?  (neither are
> on the engine 2 cards)
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) [mailto:oboehmer at cisco.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: John van Oppen; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] maximum dCEF routes on GSR engine 2 cards
> 
> John van Oppen <mailto:john at vanoppen.com> wrote on Sunday, July 29,
> 2007 11:48 AM:
> 
>> Yep, that is what I thought.   With that last command it looks like
>> MPLS could be the culprit, any advice to that end would be welcome.
> 
> Well, do you use MPLS on this node? I only see a few IGP routes, so
> not 
> sure what this router's role is in your MPLS network.
> Looks like you're not running any ACLs on the interfaces. You might
> want 
> to try enabling "no access-list hardware psa" and reload the LCs, not
> sure if it helps (haven't dealt with E2 in a while)..
> 
> In any case: Even if you can free up some memory now, with the growing
> Internet table I fear you'll run out of resources on these LCs sooner
> or 
> later.
> 
> 	oli