[c-nsp] 67xx cards and full tables

krunal shah krun.shah at gmail.com
Thu Nov 24 12:51:53 EST 2016


Thnx James, Basically I wanted to push management to enable IPv6 and get
transit circuit. But it is hard to justify cost vs benefit. So I wanted to
check if I can enable it with existing hardware. I am also running 15.3(3)S6
code for all internet facing routers.

Krunal

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 9:55 AM, James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23 November 2016 at 22:02, krunal shah <krun.shah at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is there anyone importing full table IPv4 and IPv6 in 6708 line cards?
> >
> > I am looking to see if any operational issues with installing full BGP
> > table in a VRF both IPv4 and IPv6 in VRF from more than 2 BGP sources on
> > 7600 router with RSP720-3CXL 4GB RP and 2GB SP memory. I also need some
> > room for MPLS routes may be around 2000 IPv4 routes and lables.
> >
> > System has only one VRF and and allocating labels per VRF.
> >
> > #sh mls cef maximum-routes
> > FIB TCAM maximum routes :
> > =======================
> > Current :-
> > -------
> >  IPv4 + MPLS         - 768k (default)
> >  IPv6                - 127k
> >  IP Multicast        - 1k
> >
> > Looking to see how much memory (show memory statistics) and processor
> > utilization.
>
>
> Hi Kruanl,
>
> You can run the full IPv4 and IPv6 tables on 6708 cards with
> RS720-3CXL assuming DFC-3CXL on the line cards. This is an Internet
> facing 7606 we have with such a configuration. Sadly this box has 2GB
> of RP RAM not 4GBs, but not many of our 7600s have the full table. The
> box is running 15.3(3)S6. Note that the full table is in the GRT not a
> VPN for this box, we see the IPV4 BGL table as about 610k routes so we
> have about 50k VPNv4 routes. If you are using per-VRF labels then I
> wouldn't expect any more memory usage than we have below as we are
> using a mixture of per-prefix and per-vrf so ours is probably higher
> than what yours would be.
>
> Overall its "ok" with 2GBs of SP RAM but I wouldn't recommend
> deploying this now, its time to move away from these 7600s. We have
> some MX480s in the same racks and we are migrating stuff over. It
> "will work" with what you have suggested but it won't have much
> longevity. Also a BGP bounce on the transit bounce does NOT go
> unnoticed.
>
> Cheers,
> James.
>
>
>
> 7606-S-15.3(3)S6#show memory statistics
>                 Head    Total(b)     Used(b)     Free(b)   Lowest(b)
> Largest(b)
> Processor   13FCECD8   1677923112   1191216368   486706744   474380240
>   479577996
>       I/O   78000000   134217728    50041376    84176352    83398176
> 83923804
>
>
> 7606-S-15.3(3)S6#show platform hardware capacity forwarding
> L2 Forwarding Resources
>            MAC Table usage:   Module  Collisions  Total       Used
>  %Used
>                               5                0  98304        879
>   1%
>                               6                0  98304        897
>   1%
>
> L3 Forwarding Resources
>  Module              FIB TCAM usage:                     Total
> Used     %Used
>    5                     72 bits (IPv4, MPLS, EoM)      901120
> 797960     89%
>                         144 bits (IP mcast, IPv6)       73728
> 32647     44%
>
>                      detail:      Protocol                    Used
>  %Used
>                                   IPv4                      664911
>  74%
>                                   MPLS                      133045
>  15%
>                                   EoM                            4
>   1%
>
>                                   IPv6                       32640
>  44%
>                                   IPv4 mcast                     4
>   1%
>                                   IPv6 mcast                     3
>   1%
>
>             Adjacency usage:                     Total        Used
>  %Used
>                                                1048576      210850
>  20%
> L3 Forwarding Resources
>  Module              FIB TCAM usage:                     Total
> Used     %Used
>    6                     72 bits (IPv4, MPLS, EoM)      901120
> 797960     89%
>                         144 bits (IP mcast, IPv6)       73728
> 32647     44%
>
>                      detail:      Protocol                    Used
>  %Used
>                                   IPv4                      664911
>  74%
>                                   MPLS                      133045
>  15%
>                                   EoM                            4
>   1%
>
>                                   IPv6                       32640
>  44%
>                                   IPv4 mcast                     4
>   1%
>                                   IPv6 mcast                     3
>   1%
>
>             Adjacency usage:                     Total        Used
>  %Used
>                                                1048576      210846
>  20%
>
>
>
> 7606-S-15.3(3)S6#show module
> Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial
> No.
> --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------
> -----------
>   1   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX
>   2   48  CEF720 48 port 1000mb SFP              WS-X6748-SFP
>   3    4  CEF720 4 port 10-Gigabit Ethernet      WS-X6704-10GE
>   4   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX
>   5    8  CEF720 8 port 10GE with DFC            WS-X6708-10GE
>   6    5  Route Switch Processor 720 10GE (Activ RSP720-3CXL-10GE
>
> Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw
>  Status
> ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- -------
> -------
>   1  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       4.1    Ok
>   2  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       4.1    Ok
>   3  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       4.1    Ok
>   4  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       4.1    Ok
>   5  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6700-DFC3CXL   1.6    Ok
>   6  Policy Feature Card 3       7600-PFC3CXL-10GE  1.2    Ok
>   6  C7600 MSFC4 Daughterboard   7600-MSFC4         2.2    Ok
>
>
> 7606-S-15.3(3)S6#show platform hardware pfc mode
> PFC operating mode : PFC3CXL
>
>
> 7606-S-15.3(3)S6#show mls cef maximum-routes
> FIB TCAM maximum routes :
> =======================
> Current :-
> -------
>  IPv4 + MPLS         - 880k (default)
>  IPv6                - 64k
>  IP Multicast        - 1k
>


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