On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Brian McGahan <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general, the size of the Multicast RIB/FIB that is practically > supported is much smaller than the Unicast RIB/FIB. Some platforms have > limitations that there is a much smaller subset of these (S,G) entries that > can be hardware switched, and if you breach the threshold, the entries > above this are software switched. For example in Nexus 7K, the current > published numbers for verified (S,G) is 32,000 entries with the latest 6.1 > code. As a quick comparison, the number of max BGP routes *per peer* is > 900,000 in the same version. > > > > Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security), CCDE #2013::13 > [email protected] > > Internetwork Expert, Inc. > http://www.INE.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Adesh Chaudhary > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:45 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Query about the Amount of Multicast State information > > Hi Folks, > > The amount of State information (especially S,G) seems like a big concern, > when I am referring to Multicast texts / trainings. > I am unable to understand why? I mean Unicast routing table can handle > full BGP prefix information. Then why is "Large amount of Multicast State > information (S,G) considered such a big deal"? > Can't the Multicast table handle it? OR What? > > Please let me know about your views on this. I am not able to get it. > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Adesh > +91 99996 10511 (Delhi) > +91 99860 10511 (Bangalore) > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot Brian. Happy weekend! -- Regards, Adesh _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
