09-18-2007 12:54 AM - edited 03-03-2019 06:48 PM
Hi we have come across this problem on one of our 6506 with SUP2 switches when some BGP neighbors start flapping, that causes high CPU load and then we believe THAT causes more BGP connections to drop and then CPU is stuck in 100% and the neighbors start going up and down randomly, until the box reloads itself due to a software error (we have quite a lot of peers on this connection).
At least this is what we believe has been happening.
I have spoken to the circuit provider and they have not seen any drops on the actual circuit.
Could anyone tell me if this idea has anything in it?
09-18-2007 03:29 AM
could you show the output?
#sh ip bgp nei | i max data
09-18-2007 04:45 AM
09-18-2007 05:34 AM
Is this issue all of the sudden appeared or happens frequently?
also issue this command to see the amount of CPU util for BGP processes.
" show process cpu | include BGP "
what is the circuit type t1?, if t1 it could be that you are probably bursting causing circuit to bounce.
does your logs indicates up/down circuit
09-18-2007 06:47 AM
The issue appeared a couple of days ago and has haapend a few times since. BGP router is normally around 2.1% untill a couple of hosts start flapping, then goes up to 100% and generally stays there.
The connection is a copper 100Mb twisted pair. Uncupped as far as I know. (it is a LAN link to our BGP peer network).
We get something about 128000 routes on this box by the way.
09-18-2007 09:43 AM
when you say couple of hosts do you mean bgp peers ?
09-19-2007 12:45 AM
Sorry - peers.
09-18-2007 10:54 AM
So you are taking 128K IPV4 routes into the SUP2? I don't have a hard link, but I'm pretty sure you are close to the max (if not at or over) of IPv4 routes for that engine. This has to do with the FIB TCAM and CEF. I'll try to find a link, but even the SUP720-3B maxes out at 256K total, of which less than 200K are for IPv4 by default.
09-18-2007 11:02 AM
I did find this....
There are 256K route entries (Sup2), which
are cut in half, if Unicast RPF is enabled
?
The following IP packets cannot be
forwarded in hardware
Packets with IP options set
Packets with TTL<=1
Packets that require fragmentation
09-19-2007 12:48 AM
I am somewhat confused actually - this is what I gwt off the box:
switch>sh ip rout sum
IP routing table name is Default-IP-Routing-Table(0)
Route Source Networks Subnets Overhead Memory (bytes)
connected 2 6 948 1280
static 0 2 216 320
ospf 20799 6 61 5376 10720
Intra-area: 32 Inter-area: 0 External-1: 0 External-2: 35
NSSA External-1: 0 NSSA External-2: 0
bgp 20799 125705 104368 14724672 37092180
External: 195216 Internal: 34850 Local: 7
internal 2806 3311080
Total 128519 104437 14731212 40415580
ie - 128519 routes
While cisco output intepriter is saying there are 232000 routes there.
Am I reading the output the wron way?
09-19-2007 05:54 AM
do a "show ip bgp sum"
09-19-2007 08:34 AM
Bingo! Over 230000 routes then.
09-19-2007 09:00 AM
Time to put in a SUP720BXL (I'd actually look into the RSP720CXL). Don't forget you have to upgrade power and fans.
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