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

[Josef Buchsteiner]

Phil,

   an additional question.
   is this a Route Reflector for vpn-routes ?
   and perform the following.
   show system virtual-memory | match rtn

   Josef


Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 3:46:45 AM, you wrote:
> 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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