03-01-2013 02:43 AM - edited 03-04-2019 07:10 PM
Hello All
I have a chance to upgrade our company router to acquire new business, and would like to ask for the opinion from the group.
Here is our traffic profiles
200 Mbps to uplink ISP
~ 500k packet per second
BGP4 with ~ 15 peers
Redundancy required
I'm looking at 7604 with SUP720, not sure if it is enough. here is the config
CISCO7604 Cisco 7604 Chassis | 1 |
WS-X6748-GE-TX Cat6500 48-port 10/100/1000 GE Mod: fabric enabled, RJ-45 | 1 |
MEM-XCEF720-1GB Catalyst 6500 1GB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3BXL) | 1 |
WS-F6700-DFC3CXL Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card- 3CXL, for WS-X67xx | 1 |
FAN-MOD-4HS High-Speed Fan Module for 7604/6504-E | 1 |
7604-RSP720CXL-R Cisco 7604 Chassis,4-slot,Redundant System,2RSP720-3CXL,2PS | 1 |
2700W-AC Dummy PID 2700 W AC Power Supply for 7604 | 2 |
MEM-RSP720-CF512M C7600 RSP720 Compact Flash memory | 1 |
MEM-A-RSP720-4G RSP720 RP Memory Upgrade to 4G (2 x 2G Modules, SO-DIMM) | 1 |
MEM-A-RSP720-SP2G C7600 RSP720 SP 2G Memory (SO-DIMM) | 1 |
MEM-RSP720-CF512M C7600 RSP720 Compact Flash memory | 1 |
MEM-A-RSP720-4G RSP720 RP Memory Upgrade to 4G (2 x 2G Modules, SO-DIMM) | 1 |
MEM-A-RSP720-SP2G C7600 RSP720 SP 2G Memory (SO-DIMM) | 1 |
CAB-AC16A-90L-IN 16A AC right angle pwr cord -International | 2 |
S764AEK9-15301S Cisco 7600-RSP720 IOS ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SERVICES SSH |
Thanks in advance
Benny
03-01-2013 04:11 AM
You can do this with e.g a 3925E, or 7200 NPE-G1 or G2.
No need for 7600, that are for much, much higher traffic volumes.
03-01-2013 07:58 PM
Thanks,
I'm currently a pair of 7200, NPE-G2 for 60mb traffic at peak, the cpu went up to 90%..have been searching the way to reduce the cpu loading with no luck. seems there are something in the npe-g2. so we decided to change the router to a more powerful one..
this is my previous post.
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3849823#3849823
Benny
03-03-2013 05:48 AM
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I've just reviewed your other posting. Normally, your data volume should be easily dealt with by a NPE-G2. However, your configuration is not typical. I suspect your configuration is causing a much, much higher CPU consumption per packet. Unfortunately, as your CPU consumption is principally interrupt, we can't easily tell which parts of your configuration is causing the high CPU consumption.
Nominally, what you've selected as a replacment would be ideal if whatever is consuming all your CPU is done within the 7600's hardware. Unfortunately, there are packet forwarding decisions on 7600s that are punted to the main processor. If your traffic does this on a 7600, you might obtain even worse performance.
If you have current maintenance, I would suggest opening a case with TAC. Identify what's consuming the CPU on your 7200. Once it's actually understood what's the cause, you might be able to remeditate on the 7200 or then know whether another platform (e.g. ASR1k, 7600) might be more suitable.
PS:
Oh, from your 7200 configuration, doubt it will make much of a difference, but you might also enable Turbo ACLs. Shouldn't hurt, might help.
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