[j-nsp] Route capacity EX4550

[Morgan McLean]

Oops, sorry about that guys...I swear I did a find on the word routes and
nothing came up. I'll have to go back and check...maybe even partial routes
isn't a good idea.

Thanks!
Morgan


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Doug McIntyre <merlyn at geeks.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:12:48PM -0700, Morgan McLean wrote:
> > Anybody know what sort of routes an EX4550 could take? Can't find much on
> > their specs aside from 2gb memory. Would probably be in a VC setup.
> >
> > Considering taking partials or just using two defaults for a customer
> that
> > wants to announce ip space and have a couple providers -- they only push
> > maybe 100mbit so no use in getting new gear.
>
> ? It is in the datasheet.
>
> http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/datasheets/1000414-en.pdf
>
> * Maximum number of IPv4 unicast routes in hardware: 14,000*
> * Maximum number of IPv4 multicast routes in hardware: 4,000
> * Maximum number of IPv6 unicast routes in hardware: 3,400*
> * Maximum number of IPv6 multicast routes in hardware: 1,000
> * Uni-dimensional scale (shared table between v4 and v6)
>
> There isn't a software fallback path in a switch type device. You get
> what you get.
>
> While you could potentially try to push it, things are almost
> certainly going to fall down and break badly, so there isn't any point.
>
> Take defaults, as there is no partial that is going to fit. If you want
> intelligent routing, you'll have to go to router hardware.
>
>