[c-nsp] what switch

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>   5. Which switch can do what we need? (Skeeve Stevens)
>   6. Re: Which switch can do what we need? (Dobbins, Roland)
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> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:25:03 +1000
> From: Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+cisconsp at eintellego.net>
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Which switch can do what we need?
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> Hey all,
>
> I have a customer trying to setup a solution for some hosting.
>
> They want to have a dozen or so VLANs with thousands of secondary subnets
> across these VLANs all configured with HSRP.
>
> Initially they are testing with Cisco 3750's and they are having problems:
>
> Apr  5 11:48:26.484 AEST: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 395648
> bytes failed from 0x1164560, alignment 0
> Pool: Processor  Free: 1212608  Cause: Memory fragmentation
> Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool
>  -Process= "hulc running config", ipl= 0, pid= 309
> -Traceback= 29AF8E4 29B1E04 29B2068 2C3D198 1164564 1163534 1160320 1169408
> 134B664 134B6F0 1ECAA54 1F5D2E4 1F5DA08 1620C20 1621984 1621B28
>
> Also upon trying to save the config:
>
> TEST#copy run start
> Destination filename [startup-config]?
> startup-config file open failed (Not enough space)
> 0 bytes copied in 0.00
>
> So the 512k NVRAM isn't enough.
>
> Does anyone know a Cisco model that can handle this many instances of HSRP,
> number of secondary subnets, and has the NVRAM to save the actual config?
> (couple of meg I guess) ?
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:49:11 +0000
> From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins at arbor.net>
> To: Cisco NSP <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Which switch can do what we need?
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> On Apr 5, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
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>> Does anyone know a Cisco model that can handle this many instances of HSRP, number of secondary subnets, and has the NVRAM to save the actual config?
>
> They should be using GLBP rather than HSRP; look at a 4500 w/Sup7.
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the 3750s do not do glbp
do you have multiple stacks ?
If not why are you doing HSRP ?

Have you looked at the 3750X ?