Thanks for the information about the shared pool of TCAM which explains
everything.

Sup2T-XL --> show platform hardware cef maximum-routes

Fib-size: 1024k (1048576),shared-size: 1016k (1040384),
shared-usage: 482k(493974)

 Protocol         Max-routes     Use-shared-region  Dedicated
 --------         ----------     -----------------  ---------
 IPV4             1017k           Yes                1k
 IPV4-MCAST       1017k           Yes                1k
 IPV6             1017k           Yes                1k
 IPV6-MCAST       1017k           Yes                1k
 MPLS             1017k           Yes                1k
 EoMPLS           1017k           Yes                1k
 VPLS-IPV4-MCAST  1017k           Yes                1k
 VPLS-IPV6-MCAST  1017k           Yes                1k



On 05/11/2013 17:25, Chris Welti wrote:
As Rinse Kloek already mentioned, the Sup2T has only 1M entries, but a shared 
pool of TCAM space.

Sup2T#show platform hardware cef maximum-routes

  Fib-size: 1024k (1048576),     shared-size: 1016k (1040384), shared-usage: 
151k(155130)

  Protocol         Max-routes     Use-shared-region  Dedicated
  --------         ----------     -----------------  ---------
  IPV4             1017k           Yes                1k
  IPV4-MCAST       1017k           Yes                1k
  IPV6             1017k           Yes                1k
  IPV6-MCAST       1017k           Yes                1k
  MPLS             1017k           Yes                1k
  EoMPLS           1017k           Yes                1k
  VPLS-IPV4-MCAST  1017k           Yes                1k
  VPLS-IPV6-MCAST  1017k           Yes                1k

There is no repartitioning needed on the Sup2T.

Cheers,
Chris


Am 05/11/13 17:18, schrieb Jon Lewis:
Your paste formatting got all screwy, but it looks like the Sup2TXL claims it 
can do both 1M v4 routes _and_ half a million v6 routes simultaneously. I've 
heard that from others, but also read the specs to be the same as the 3BXL.  I 
wonder if anyone from cisco can shed some light on this?

On the Sup2T-XL, had you done any mls cef maximum-routes tuning?  The page 
below both states that the PFC4XL has no more FIB capacity than the PFC3XL, and 
that the default split on the PFC4XL is 512k IPv4 routes. This doesn't appear 
consistent with what you're seeing.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/white_paper_c11-676346.html

The FIB in the PFC4 contains 256 K entries, while the FIB in the PFC4XL 
contains 1 million entries. These are the same as their PFC3x forwarding engine 
counterparts. The FIB in the PFC4 contains prefix entries for IPv4 and IPv6 
global address, IPv4 and IPv6 multicast addresses and MPLS label entries. There 
is a level of partitioning that exists to ensure there is always some space 
available for different types of forwarding entries. There is some flexibility 
from a user configuration standpoint that allows these partition boundaries to 
be changed to accommodate more of one type of forwarding entry. For example, in 
the PFC4XL, the default setting provides for 512 K IPv4 entries, and this can 
be increased through configuration control to support up to 1 M entries if 
required.

On Tue, 5 Nov 2013, Christian Schmit wrote:


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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