[c-nsp] 3550 as a BGP Router

[Adrian Chadd]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Monday 24 September 2007 14:51, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote:
> 
> > So, if You stay within platform limits (SDM template),
> > everything should run in hardware.
> 
> In our case, we'd be holding a handful of NLRI just for 
> management (v4 and v6 loopback IP addresses [OSPFv2|3]) in 
> the switches. No BGP.
> 
> Would not be significant enough to justify a default 
> (balanced) SDM template, as more resources would be 
> required for Layer 2.

At least on the 3550, the ACL match (extended match) stuff also
determines featuresets and has an influence on TCAM layout.
Probably not important in this particular instance, but its
something to keep in mind in general with these things.



Adrian