pb> I have a couple of questions: pb> a) Is it normal to have 32k L2 Descriptors for 8.2k Next-Hop Entries?
yes.. since this is ethernet and the layer2 header size is big for ethernet and you most likely have all three links on one FPC. i.e 3 times more resources. pb> b) Is there a way to increase the number of available L2 Descriptors? (how pb> many L2 Descriptors does a SFM-16 support?) this has nothing to do with the SFM.. Enhanced FPC will have about 160K space... its all about memory pb> c) Is there a way to make the router fail with less impact to the network pb> (for example simply shutting down the new interface automatically instead of pb> refusing to update the next-hop table until the interface is taken down and pb> all sfms are restarted manually) there would have been never a need to restart any SFM. all you would have need to do is to deactivate the aggregate interface and enable it again without the third member link. You could also maybe set the member links on different FPCs so you better share the space of L2 Descriptor among the FPCs. If you have three member-links you triple the L2 resources you need. In fact you know only that you run out of resource once you try to program it in hardware and the only way is to refuse it. There is no real good way to know upfront. I believe the RSMON feature is able to monitor such resources and will send an alarm if configured once you reached a certain threshold so you know that you are moving to the limits. pb> pb> Any help is appreciated. pb> Thanks in advance, Peter pb> pb> pb> _________________________________________________________________ pb> FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! pb> http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ pb> pb> _______________________________________________ pb> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net pb> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp pb> pb> pb> _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp