[c-nsp] huge amount of mcast traffic

james list jameslist72 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 12:34:23 EDT 2016


well we'll connect to 10 Gbs interface a traffic up to 6 Gbs, not on 6748 1
Gbs blades... no other issue you see ?

2016-10-13 18:31 GMT+02:00 Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com>:

> The 6748 blades are going to be an issue with buffer overruns. Whether
> this will be a minor or major issue depends on the application that uses
> the multicast data.
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> Matthew Huff             | 1 Manhattanville Rd
>
> Director of Operations   | Purchase, NY 10577
>
> OTA Management LLC       | Phone: 914-460-4039
>
> aim: matthewbhuff        | Fax:   914-694-5669
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>
>
> *From:* james list [mailto:jameslist72 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2016 12:25 PM
> *To:* Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com>
> *Cc:* cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [c-nsp] huge amount of mcast traffic
>
>
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I’m not able to find the multicast replication mode on ASR..
>
>
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> On core routers:
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> C6807 has  Supervisor Engine 2T 10GE and IOS 15.1(2)SY4
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> xxx>sh module
> Mod Ports Card Type                              Model
> Serial No.
>  --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------
> -----------
>    1   20  DCEF2T 4 port 40GE / 16 port 10GE      WS-X6904-40G       xx
>    2   20  DCEF2T 4 port 40GE / 16 port 10GE      WS-X6904-40G       xx
>    3    5  Supervisor Engine 2T 10GE w/ CTS (Acti VS-SUP2T-10G       xx
>    5   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6848-GE-TX     xx
>
>
>
> Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw
> Status
>
>
>
> ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- -------
> -------
>
>
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>   1  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6K-DFC4-E      xxx  1.2    Ok
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>   2  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6K-DFC4-E      xxx  1.2    Ok
>
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>   3  Policy Feature Card 4       VS-F6K-PFC4        xxx  3.0    Ok
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>   3  CPU Daughterboard           VS-F6K-MSFC5       xxx  3.0    Ok
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>   5  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6K-DFC4-A      xxx  1.4    Ok
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> xxx#sh platform multicast routing replication
>
>
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> Current mode of replication is Egress
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> Configured mode of replication is Egress
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> Switch  Slot                Multicast replication capability
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>  1       1                      Egress
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>  1       2                      Egress
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>  1       3                      Egress
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>  1       5                      Egress
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>  2       1                      Egress
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>  2       2                      Egress
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>  2       3                      Egress
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>  2       5                      Egress
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>  4       1                      Ingress
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>  3       1                      Ingress
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>  5       1                      Ingress
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> C6500 has Supervisor Engine 720 10GE and IOS 12.2(33)SXI5
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>
>
> xxx>sh module
>
>
>
> Mod Ports Card Type                              Model
> Serial No.
>
>
>
> --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------
> -----------
>
>
>
>   1   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX     xxx
>
>
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>   2    8  CEF720 8 port 10GE with DFC            WS-X6708-10GE      xxx
>
>
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>   3   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX     xxx
>
>
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>   4   48  CEF720 48 port 1000mb SFP              WS-X6748-SFP       xxx
>
>
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>   5    5  Supervisor Engine 720 10GE (Active)    VS-S720-10G        xxx
>
>
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>
>
> Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw
> Status
>
>
>
> ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- -------
> -------
>
>
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>   1  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6700-DFC3C     xxx  1.6    Ok
>
>
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>   2  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6700-DFC3C     xxx 1.8    Ok
>
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>   3  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6700-DFC3C     xxx  1.6    Ok
>
>
>
>   4  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       xxx  4.2    Ok
>
>
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>   5  Policy Feature Card 3       VS-F6K-PFC3C       xxx  1.1    Ok
>
>
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>   5  MSFC3 Daughterboard         VS-F6K-MSFC3       xxx  1.0    Ok
>
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> xxx>show mls ip multicast capability
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> Current mode of replication is Egress
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> Configured replication mode is Auto
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>  Slot           Multicast replication capability
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>     1                        Egress
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>     2                        Egress
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>     3                        Egress
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>     4                        Egress
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>     5                        Egress
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> Cheers
>
>
>
> 2016-10-13 17:59 GMT+02:00 Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com>:
>
> Even with fabric enable blades in the c6500, you are going to get massive
> output buffer overflows. Market data has very uneven traffic patterns
> causing microburst effects. What sup-engines/blades are on the boxes? What
> type of multicast replication is being used (ingress/egress). QoS policies
> typically make matters worse. What type of interfaces are on the 6500?
>
>
> ----
> Matthew Huff             | 1 Manhattanville Rd
> Director of Operations   | Purchase, NY 10577
> OTA Management LLC       | Phone: 914-460-4039
> aim: matthewbhuff        | Fax:   914-694-5669
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> > james list
> > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:45 AM
> > To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [c-nsp] huge amount of mcast traffic
> >
> > Dear experts,
> >
> > I’ve a multicast financial market connected to my infrastructure, I’ve
> > been
> > informed that a new data multicast flow could reach up to 6 Gbs, so an
> > huge
> > amount of traffic needs to be replicated.
> >
> > Market is connected to an ASR 1001, than to a C6807-XL and customers
> > are
> > connected to C6500.
> >
> > ASR1001 is running 15.3(3)S1 and currently has a license for 2.5Gbs (to
> > be
> > upgrade)
> >
> > C6807 has  Supervisor Engine 2T 10GE and IOS 15.1(2)SY4
> >
> > C6500 has Supervisor Engine 720 10GE and IOS 12.2(33)SXI5
> >
> > I’d like to understand in your experience if the mentioned
> > infrastructure
> > could suffer in performance or throughput or other, having to replicate
> > the
> > mentioned amount of traffic.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any feedback
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > James
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