Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-22 Thread Tom Hill
On 22/09/2020 07:10, Gert Doering wrote: > It's not "somewhat old", Cisco has explicitly declared the RSP-440 > end-of-life. In colloquial British English use, these things mean the same thing :p > So - if you know exactly what you are getting yourself into, getting a > used ASR-9006 + RSP-440

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-22 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:14:40PM +0100, Tom Hill wrote: > The only issue now is (as gert alludes to) RSP-440 are somewhat old, as > is the 9006 chassis. It's not "somewhat old", Cisco has explicitly declared the RSP-440 end-of-life. The ASR-9006 chassis is still supported.

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-21 Thread Tom Hill
> Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL? 2016. > Last question. Can I take a full BGP feed on both v4 and v6 with a > A9K-RSP440-TR? Or do I need the -SE? More seriously - the 'TR' scale and 'SE' scale don't differ in TCAM, only in their installed RAM. This may matter to

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson via cisco-nsp
--- Begin Message --- On Fri, 18 Sep 2020, chiel wrote: Is it ok to set "maximum-prefix 0" on my v6 session? Or is it better to make a prefix list like " ipv6 prefix-list IPV6-IN seq 10 deny ::/0 le 128" top stop receiving routes from my upstream? It's better to filter incoming routes. That

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Eugene Grosbein
18.09.2020 15:54, chiel wrote: > I'm currently using a 7606 (RSP720RSP-3CXL) and taking in full BGP on v4 and > v6. > Obviously it the TCAM is almost full and the box needs to be replaced. I use same router with two copies of full BGP on v4 and v6. There is a way to mitigate the problem without

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread chiel
On 18-09-2020 12:12, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: My advice is "don't let that happen". Thanks for the advice and feedback all! I will set "maximum-prefix" on my sessions, and stop receiving full v6 table and just make a default route for v6. Then I can give more space to v4 (will require

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Saku Ytti
Hey, > So in most cases it will look that way: > #show mls cef exception status > Current IPv4 FIB exception state = TRUE > Current IPv6 FIB exception state = FALSE > Current MPLS FIB exception state = FALSE > > And yes, the box will drop down to a few MBit of Traffic. Not only that, but there

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:44:55PM +0200, ??ukasz Bromirski wrote: > For traffic going to prefixes that failed to be installed in HW, > resulting performance will be similar to what you can get on those > pretty small, non-x86 CPUs. Much worse, actually, as the control-plane limiters hit

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 10:54:53AM +0200, chiel wrote: > 3. New route entries will be software routed, but entries that are > already in TCAM will be hardware routed. You won't notice much impact in > the beginning. "Route entries that have churn will end up in software" *and* "the

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
Hi, > On 18 Sep 2020, at 11:50, Rolf Hanßen wrote: > > Hi, > > at least for Sup720-3B(XL) and Sup-2T it results in number 1 for the > family that hit the limit. > > So in most cases it will look that way: > #show mls cef exception status > Current IPv4 FIB exception state = TRUE > Current

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson via cisco-nsp
--- Begin Message --- On Fri, 18 Sep 2020, chiel wrote: I have been hearing different scenario of what would happen when the TCAM is full: 1. The whole thing goes into software routing mode for all routes which causes 100% CPU and resulting and unusable box 2. New route entries will just get

Re: [c-nsp] Whats happens when TCAM is full on 7600/RSP720RSP-3CXL?

2020-09-18 Thread Rolf Hanßen
Hi, at least for Sup720-3B(XL) and Sup-2T it results in number 1 for the family that hit the limit. So in most cases it will look that way: #show mls cef exception status Current IPv4 FIB exception state = TRUE Current IPv6 FIB exception state = FALSE Current MPLS FIB exception state = FALSE