[c-nsp] 7200VXR upgrade

[Steven Saner]

Adam Greene wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
> I have a customer with a 7204VXR / NPE300 and 256MB DRAM and the
> following cards/interfaces:
> -    C7200-IO-FE-MII/RJ45=
> -    PA-8T-V35= (only three serial interfaces in use)
> -    PA-FE-TX
> -    PA-FE-TX (spare)
> -    PA-1GE=
> 
> It currently supports nine BGP sessions (all but one is iBGP) for a
> total of only about 100 routes.
> 
> It does about 50Mbps / 25Mbps throughput (~20mpps) on average to a
> single upstream Internet provider which provides nothing more than a
> default route. The CPU generally runs at about 45%, RAM at 10%.
> 
> The customer is planning to add a second 50Mbps link to another Internet
> provider. At this point it's only being considered a backup link, but
> it's possible they may decide to accept full routes in the future and
> route in/out both links.
> 
> Frankly I think that they could upgrade to an NPE400 and keep the RAM as
> is and still be OK, as long as they don't get the BGP full routes. If
> they get the full routes from both providers, what do you think ...
> NPE-G1 and 1GB RAM?

An NPE400 with 512M of RAM will do full routes for 2 providers with some 
room to spare.

Steve

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