Re: OT: IOS performance between versions

From: Jing Zeng (jzeng@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:59:34 GMT-3


   
To fastswitch policy routing, upgrade to 12.0 and add follow command under
interface:
ip route-cache policy

Jing

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Hammer" <Craig.Hammer@Parago.Com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: OT: IOS performance between versions

> You would do yourself a world of good just upgrading the RAM.
>
> Craig Hammer
> Senior Network Engineer
> Parago, Inc.
> 972-538-3936
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Church [mailto:cchurch@MAGNACOM.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:32 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Cc: Ian Parham
> Subject: OT: IOS performance between versions
>
>
> Anyone,
>
> Sorry about the OT post, but I'm looking for some feedback on
whether
> or not to upgrade the IOS on a production 2500. It's got 2 Ethernet ints,
> and 2 serial. 1 serial goes to 10 remote locations with 10 subints for
> frame relay. The other serial goes to an ISP. CIR is 512 internet, 768
for
> the remote locations. There are route maps on the LAN side Ethernet and
the
> serial to the remote sites. If a packet is destined to the internet, the
> route maps send it a pix which is located on the LAN Ethernet. The PIX
> nats, and sends it to the other Ethernet int on the 2500, which sends it
to
> the internet. Needless to say, this is a very hard working 2500! SH INT
> SWITCHING shows almost all packets being process switched on the
interfaces
> with route maps. Current version is 11.2.3P. RAM is 4 megs. Would
running
> a 12.0 image give me any performance benefit? There are a few buffer
misses
> as well. I may upgrade RAM to 16 and increase some queues. I know that
> they moved things like NAT to fast switching, anyone know if policy
routing
> is now also? The router runs a constant 30%, but with more sites coming
up
> and an increase in internet bandwidth, it's going to need something soon.
>
> TIA,
> Chuck Church
> CCNP, CCDP, MCNE, MCSE
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Magnacom Technologies
> 140 N. Rt. 303
> Valley Cottage, NY 10989
> 845-267-4000 x218
>
> P.S. I didn't design this crazy configuration. So don't flame me.
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