Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread Matthew Huff
Even with “ip options drop”, we are still seeing a fraction of packets being cpu switched (about 0.2% input and 1% output) even though we are using CEF. Looks like they are mostly door-knob packets destined for the router itself (which is ACL’d) or some other annoyance. We tuned the buffers to

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread Lukas Tribus
on a 1. The 7200 uses particles, not buffers... Also, its not relevant for CEF-switched traffic. So unless your configuration requires fast-switching or process-switching, you don't need to worry about buffer/particle tuning at all. Lukas

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread James Bensley
On 8 July 2015 at 03:36, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: 15.2(4)S7. Solid. +1. James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread Lukas Tribus
Even with “ip options drop”, we are still seeing a fraction of packets being cpu switched (about 0.2% input and 1% output) even though we are using CEF. Looks like they are mostly door-knob packets destined for the router itself (which is ACL’d) or some other annoyance. Sure, but thats not

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:20:09PM +, Matthew Huff wrote: Basically, as I understand it, you can get input/output drops with a busy CPU on the 7200 not just with interface buffer overruns but generic queue buffers. The default values were set when T1s were the standard. The article

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-08 Thread Rich Davies
All, This is what I am seeing on 7206's with NPE-G1's running IOS 12.4(12b). Also I might add that I have quite a few of these in service (all with same rev of IOS, and all are variable traffic throughout a 24 hour timespan (50-300Mbps): 6#show int gig 0/1 GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol

[c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Rich Davies
Hello, I wanted to reach out to the list to see what is the current and trusted version of IOS for Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1? I know this hardware is EOL but we have a few still in use and wanted to get them up to a newer version of IOS. We are currently running 12.4(12b) which I think we are

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Matthew Huff
] On Behalf Of Rich Davies Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:07 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1 Hello, I wanted to reach out to the list to see what is the current and trusted version of IOS for Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1? I know this hardware is EOL but we have

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 03:07:12PM -0400, Rich Davies wrote: I wanted to reach out to the list to see what is the current and trusted version of IOS for Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1? 15.1(4)M10 has been extraordinarily nice for us - and is about the only version which has bugfixes for

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 07:16:10PM +, Matthew Huff wrote: I would strongly recommend picking up a refurb NPE-G2. They should be cheap and available. We are running 15.2(4)S7 on ours with BGP/EIGRP. Very stable. You might also want to bump up your buffers on the 72xx.

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Sascha Pollok
Well ... Am 7. Juli 2015 22:28:12 schrieb Gert Doering g...@greenie.muc.de: Hi, On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 07:16:10PM +, Matthew Huff wrote: I would strongly recommend picking up a refurb NPE-G2. They should be cheap and available. We are running 15.2(4)S7 on ours with BGP/EIGRP. Very

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Matthew Huff
Basically, as I understand it, you can get input/output drops with a busy CPU on the 7200 not just with interface buffer overruns but generic queue buffers. The default values were set when T1s were the standard. The article shows how to see which buffers are being overrun and how to adjust

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1

2015-07-07 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/Jul/15 21:07, Rich Davies wrote: Hello, I wanted to reach out to the list to see what is the current and trusted version of IOS for Cisco 7206VXR with NPE-G1? I know this hardware is EOL but we have a few still in use and wanted to get them up to a newer version of IOS. We are