[c-nsp] IOS XR Process Exhausted

[Xu Hu]

So what is the MPLS/VPN license limitation for?

Thanks and regards,
Xu Hu

On 11 Jul, 2012, at 19:10, "Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)" <oboehmer at cisco.com> wrote:

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>>>> 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.
>>> 
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>> 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..
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>    oli  
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