[f-nsp] foundry-nsp Digest, Vol 44, Issue 8

[Gunther Stammwitz]

Well the cam is really huge and every linecard brings its own cam:
 
 
show <mailto:SSH at CORE1.rb.mainlab.net>show>  cam-partition 
CAM partitioning profile: default
Slot 1 XPP20SP 0:
# of CAM device                = 3
Total CAM Size                 = 524288 entries (36Mbits)
[...]
 
 
show memory 
====================================================================
NetIron MLX active MP slot 17: 
Total SDRAM:           1073741824 bytes
Available Memory:       758779904 bytes
Free Physical Pages:       178649 pages
[...]
====================================================================
NetIron MLX LP SL 1: 
Total SDRAM:            536870912 bytes
Available Memory:       236212224 bytes
 
 
show version
SL M1: NI-MLX-MR Management Module Active (Serial #: xxxxxx, Part #:
31524-100A):
[...]
916 MHz Power PC processor  (version 8003/0101) 166 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (AM29LV040B), 32 MB Code Flash (MT28F128J3)
1024 MB DRAM
[...]
SL 1: NI-MLX-1Gx20-GFX 20-port 1GbE-100FX Module (Serial #: xxxxxx, Part #:
31604-001B)
[...]
666 MHz MPC 8541 (version 8020/0020) 333 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (AM29LV040B), 16 MB Code Flash (MT28F640J3)
512 MB DRAM, 8 KB SRAM, 0 Bytes BRAM
PPCR0: 768K entries CAM, 8192K PRAM, 2048K AGE RAM
 
 
I don't see where there's a problem with number of routes and so on because
you are saying that it is (only) an enterprise box. Sure.. the XMR can
handle even more peers routes and so on but who really needs this?
 
There is a comparison available:
 

Attributes
BigIron RX
NetIron MLX
NetIron XMR

IPv4 HW Routes
512K
512K
1M

IPv4 BGP Routes
1M/4M
2M
4M

BGP Peers
128
256
500

L3 VPN Instances
N/A
400
2K

VLL/VPLS Instances
N/A
4K
16K

Outbound ACL
N/A
Yes
Yes

MAC Addresses
16K
1M
2M

Relative 4x10GbE Pricing
X
~1.25X
~1.90X
ask your foundry-rep for the powerpoint with the title "High Value Switching
& Routing Solutions
Metro, ISP, Data Center, IXP, High End Enterprise, HPC", it containts a very
good comparison of the latest foundry gear.
 
 
512K IPv4 routes in hardware is more than enough for the next years... 
If you take into account that the linecards for the XMR-series are double
the price you will certainly aggree....
 
Best regards,
Gunther
 



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Von: foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] Im Auftrag von Mike Allen
Gesendet: Freitag, 22. September 2006 18:17
An: Jason J. W. Williams
Cc: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
Betreff: Re: [f-nsp] foundry-nsp Digest, Vol 44, Issue 8


Jason, sorry, meant to get back to you sooner.  No, it has a much larger
ternary cam, and does the FDR (pre-population of the cam) as well.  But keep
in mind that this is an enterprise box, in terms of total numbers of routes,
etc. 
 
Mike
 
On 9/18/06, Jason J. W. Williams <jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote: 

Hi Mike,

Does the SuperX suffer from the same problems as JetCore the in terms
of the routing/CAM discussion going on? 

Best Regards,
Jason

On 9/18/06, Mike Allen <mkallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> No, its not.  SuperX uses one specific chipset and software, Terathon
refers 
> to the MG8/NI40G.  The newer MLX/XMR family is the next generation of
> Terathon hardware.  The SuperX is more of an enterprise box, in terms of
> features and densities.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 9/18/06, Jason J. W. Williams <jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> Niels et. al,
>
> Is the chipset in the new SuperX gear (as well as the MG8/newer 
> NetIron gear) using Terathon?
>
> -J
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