[c-nsp] Quick 6500 Sup2 / BGP / memory...

[Jared Mauch]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 09:59:35AM -0400, Jeff Kell wrote:
> Quick question for someone that's "been there done that" from someone  
> who has said "I thought it would work" more often than I'd like :-)
>
> Can you get a full BGP feed (two peers) into a Sup2?  with uRPF?  Which  
> RAM needs to be upgraded?

	No.

	sup2 has a 256k route limit in tcam.  the tcam is not
upgradable.  you need a sup720 w/ 3bxl or 3cxl.

	enabling u-rpf drops it to 128k entries in the tcam on
the sup2.

	- jared

> I found out the hard way it won't fit into a SUP2/MSFC2/PFC2 w/256Mb.
>
> Will 512Mb do it?  Can you put 512Mb in a Sup2 (some 3rd-party pages  
> imply 256 is max, another says a "Sup2U" can do 512) ?
>
> Do you upgrade the Sup2 memory or one of the daughtercards, or both?

	fan tray, power supplies and sup.

	- jared

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