[c-nsp] Hierarchical FIB on Cisco 7600

[Christian Meutes]

On 26 Apr 2014, at 12:50, Cydon Satyr <cydonsatyr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see. But then is there any effect of having repair path installed with
> "bgp additional-paths install" command on platform without Hierarchical
> FIBs or is it purely cosmetic?

Regardless of PIC through ADD-PATH you can make use of multiple pathes
from same peer which otherwise would been hidden (eg. by route-reflectors).
I guess with "bgp add-path install" you will have the backup prefix at least
in your RIB and you aren't relying on other speakers convergence.

Chris