[c-nsp] 6500 WS-X6748-GE-TX and memory

[Nick Griffin]

Excellent, that is what i needed. Thanks

On 3/27/07, Ian Cox <icox at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> At 09:59 AM 3/27/2007 -0500, Nick Griffin wrote:
> >I see there is an option for the 6748 gig modules for additional memory
> for
> >these cards, up to 1 GB. I'm trying to justify this, does anyone have any
> >thoughts on advantages of adding the additional memory that are not
> apparent
> >for me?
>
> The 1G memory option is for use with 3bXLs, to support large FIB
> tables that get downloaded to the linecard. The RP builds the FIB
> from the Routing Protocols RIBs, it then downloads the table and when
> changes occur the changes to the linecard CPU, which keeps a copy of
> the FIB, and the linecard CPU programs the FIB entries into hardware
> forwarding table. It also holds the software version of the QoS and
> Security ACL tables that are programmed into the hardware TCAMs.
>
>
> Ian
>
> >TIA,
> >
> >Nick Griffin
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