[j-nsp] Nexthop index allocation failed: public index space exhausted

Phil Rosenthal pr at isprime.com
Mon Nov 10 21:46:45 EST 2003


M20, dual SSB-E, dual RE

 > show route summary

inet.0: 128188 destinations, 581434 routes (128094 active, 1 holddown, 
127366 hidden)
Restart Complete
               Direct:     54 routes,     54 active
                Local:     53 routes,     53 active
                  BGP: 581265 routes, 127925 active
               Static:     62 routes,     62 active

tablea.inet.0: 107 destinations, 107 routes (107 active, 0 holddown, 0 
hidden)
Restart Complete
               Direct:     54 routes,     54 active
                Local:     53 routes,     53 active

tableb.inet.0: 107 destinations, 107 routes (107 active, 0 holddown, 0 
hidden)
Restart Complete
               Direct:     54 routes,     54 active
                Local:     53 routes,     53 active

inet6.0: 484 destinations, 487 routes (484 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete
               Direct:      4 routes,      4 active
                Local:      2 routes,      2 active
                  BGP:    479 routes,    476 active
               Static:      2 routes,      2 active


 > show pfe route summary


IPv4 Route Tables:
Index         Routes     Size(b)
--------  ----------  ----------
Default       128413     8595747
1                  4         265
2                111        7538
3                111        7538

MPLS Route Tables:
Index         Routes     Size(b)
--------  ----------  ----------
Default            1          64

IPV6 Route Tables:
Index         Routes     Size(b)
--------  ----------  ----------
Default          495       33922
1                  3         209


-P

On Nov 10, 2003, at 9:42 PM, Gary Tate wrote:

> The kernal stores indexes to next-hops.  There is only a limited 
> number of next-hop indexes that can be stored before memory is full 
> and produce the message you are seeing.
>
> It would help to know your configuration. a 'show route summary' and 
> 'show pfe route summary' just to get the idea of the size of your 
> routing tables.
>
> Also what type of hardware you are using could help
> Gary
>
>
> On Monday, Nov 10, 2003, at 17:06 US/Pacific, Phil Rosenthal wrote:
>
>> This is on a 6.0R1.3 btw.
>> On Nov 10, 2003, at 7:58 PM, Phil Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever seen this error in /var/log/messages ?
>>>
>>> Nov 10 14:27:11  juniper /kernel: Nexthop index allocation failed: 
>>> public index space exhausted
>>>
>>> I get that error about 600 times every 10 minutes.
>>>
>>> --Phil Rosenthal
>>> ISPrime, Inc.
>>>
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>> --Phil Rosenthal
>> ISPrime, Inc.
>>
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>
--Phil Rosenthal
ISPrime, Inc.



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