[f-nsp] auto-shutdown new BGP-neighbors in 3.7 on MLX / reasons for upgrading: cam-exhaustion

[Gunther Stammwitz]

Hey Erich,
 
that's great news, thanks for the hint.
Let's hope that foundry is going to provide a solution for the MRP-problem too.


We are still running code <= version 3.6 on most machines but this sounds like
we should start upgrading...
Oh by the way: everyone who is using foundry direct routing (FDR) which equals
the static cam mode should update *soon* as the global bgp routing table is
growing and growing and there is a limit of about 256k routes in older code
versions.
One can also circumvent this problem by using the dynamic cam mode although this
will increase the cpu utilization - but hey: a M4-jetcore-module is capable of
handling this so the MLX shouldn't suffer from any cpu problems, right???

Is anyone actually using the static cam mode on a peering router with lots of
peers, maybe at an IXP???


Gunther


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Erich Hohermuth [mailto:eh at solnet.ch] 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Januar 2008 15:24
> An: Peter Olsen
> Cc: Gunther Stammwitz; goverton at nwi.net; foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Betreff: Re: [f-nsp] What is the prefered way to add a vlan 
> to a topo-group
> 
> Hi 
> 
> This feature is now implemented on MLX and XMR ;-)
> 
> Section: Auto Shutdown Beginning with release 03.7.00, you can use the
> new of BGP Neighbors on Initial global auto-shutdown-new-neighbors
> command Configuration the router bgp configuration to disable
> establishment of the BGP connection with a remote peer when 
> the peer is
> first configured.
> 
> Regards
> 	Erich