[c-nsp] IOS XR Process Exhausted

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

> >> I have a few ASR9Ks used as PE routers. Due to customer's requirements, a
> >> lot of VRFs are created, each contains one OSPF instance. It seems the
> >> ASR9K has put a limit on the maximum number of OSPF processes.
> >>
> >> RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jul 11 09:17:26.081 UTC: placed[333]:
> >> %OS-PLACED-3-PROCESS_EXHAUSTED : Exhausted all instances of placeable
> >> process ospf possible
> >>
> >> Is there any way to know this limit? And how to change it?
> >
> > the number of OSPF processes is finite (max 10, but best to not exceed 4),
> so please configure the VRF PE-CE routing instances within the same process
> (which is different from IOS where you would set up distinct "router ospf
> ..." per vrf). A common deployment is to use two processes: One as the core
> IGP, and one for all VRFs.
> >

> Hi Oil, this is not because of the MPLS/VPN number limitation?

no, this has nothing to do with VPN license or the like.. we just don't support a very high number of distinct OSPF processes, and achieve the required VRF PE-CE scalability differently..

	oli