Christian,

The SUP2T-XL and Sup720BXL have the same FIB TCAM size. However the SUP2T-XL has one shared pool of TCAM for IPv4/IPv6. The Sup720BXL has a fixed pool TCAM for Ipv4 and one fixed pool for IPv6. If you want to change this allocation, you have to do a config change and a reload afterwards.

regards,
Rinse Kloek
Christian Schmit wrote on 5-11-2013 16:13:
Today I tested a Sup2T-XL and a Sup720BXL in the lab with full bgp feeds for 
ipv4 and ipv6.
To my understanding the hardware capacity for the FIB TCAM is the same for 
Sup720-BXL and Sup2T-XL.
Sup2T-XL output of "sh platform hardware capacity":CAT6500-RC2TXL#sh platform 
hardware capacity | begin L3 Forwarding Resources
L3 Forwarding Resources              FIB TCAM usage:                         
Total           Used         %Used                   72 bits (IPv4, MPLS, EoM)  
   1048576      465980       44%                  144 bits (IP mcast, IPv6)     
    524288       14903          3%                  288 bits (IPv6 mcast)       
        262144           1            1%
                       detail:      Protocol                    Used       
%Used                                   IPv4                          465978    
   44%                                   MPLS                            1      
    1%                                   EoM                              1     
     1%
                                    IPv6                        14894          
3%                                   IPv4 mcast                     9          
1%                                   IPv6 mcast                     1          
1%
              Adjacency usage:                     Total        Used       
%Used                                                        1048576       
32018          3%

Sup720BXL output of "sh platform hardware capacity": (FIB TCAM partitioned with "mls 
cef maximum-routes ip 768")
CAT6500-RC720BXL#sh platform hardware capacity | begin L3 Forwarding Resources

L3 Forwarding Resources
              FIB TCAM usage:                          Total        Used       
%Used
                   72 bits (IPv4, MPLS, EoM)       802816      467348         
58%
                  144 bits (IP mcast, IPv6)           122880       14970        
 12%
detail: Protocol Used %Used
                                   IPv4                           467338       
58%
                                   MPLS                             9          
1%
                                   EoM                               1          
1%

                                   IPv6                           14963         
12%
                                   IPv4 mcast                       4          
1%
                                   IPv6 mcast                       3          
1%

             Adjacency usage:                     Total        Used       %Used
                                                         1048576        1481    
      1%

The release notes say:

-XL mode:

· IPv4 and MPLS: Up to 1,007,000 routes
· IPv4 multicast and IPv6 unicast and multicast: Up to 503,000 routes

"These are the theoretical maximum numbers of routes for the supported protocols 
(the maximums are not supported simultaneously):"

The above output of the Sup2T-XL seems to say that the Sup2T-XL has a larger 
FIB TCAM (2M) than the Sup720-BXL.

Christian


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