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MD5 BGP performance on a VXR?

From: Ben Buxton <bb () cactii net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:48:30 +0200




Has anyone done any concrete testing on how well a 7206VXR with an
NPE-300 can handle BGP MD5? The box in question has about 25 sessions
and is pushing 150Mbps, with a 75% cpu load. I'm curious to know if it's
the MD5 taking all the CPU.

Thanks,
Ben

Current thread:

MD5 BGP performance on a VXR? Ben Buxton (Jun 11)
- Re: MD5 BGP performance on a VXR? Stephen J. Wilcox (Jun 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: MD5 BGP performance on a VXR? Newell, Tony (Jun 11)
  - Re: MD5 BGP performance on a VXR? Patrick W . Gilmore (Jun 11)
    - Re: MD5 BGP performance on a VXR? Henning Brauer (Jun 11)