[j-nsp] J-series: number of policers ?

[Anton Smith]

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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 19:24:30 +0400
> From: Alexandre Snarskii <snar at paranoia.ru>
> Subject: [j-nsp] J-series: number of policers ?
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> Hi!
> 
> J-Series DRAM Usage Guidelines, 
> http://www.juniper.net/solutions/literature/feature/210009.pdf
> mentions that j-series limited to 50 policers per platform..
> This limitation looks strange to me, so, may be I just 
> misunderstand it..
> 
> Can anybody comment, is that a limit of "configured" policers
> or "attached" ones ? In other words, is configured policer (5mbit, f.e.) 
> uses one "policer resource" irrespective of how many interfaces (and in 
> which direction) it attached, or is any 'set interface ge-x/y/z unit K 
> family inet policer input 5mbit' uses one "policer resource" ? 

Hi Alex,

I have also asked about this limit in the past but didn't get any good 
answers.

I don't know where this number comes from - but for what it is worth, I 
have configured perhaps 10 policers and referenced them more than 50 
times without issue.

Regards,
Anton