Re: BGP support on ASA5585-X

[Pete Lumbis <alumbis () gmail com>]

The ASA, like the PIX does everything in software. More pps = higher
CPU. This is true of all non-crypto functions of the ASA. Crypto is
hardware accelerated.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dylan Ebner <dylan.ebner () crlmed com> wrote:
> IMHO, I don't think this is a marketing issue for cisco. It's a design issue. PIX/ASA is good at some things, and bad 
> at others. They have never been good as routers. You have to remember, EIGRP didn't even come to the security line 
> until 8.0 code and they still do not support traffic shaping. These services use memory and cpu resources which can 
> dramatically reduce your ability to get through very long access lists. I am not positive on the ASAs, but I seem to 
> remember that the routing features on the PIX was all done in software. If that is still true today, I can't imagine 
> you could effectively perform stateful inspection, access lists, maybe VPN services, and BGP for a 100Mb+ internet 
> connection on even a 5585. They just aren't that powerful.
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> Dylan Ebner
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: srg [mailto:srgqwerty () gmail com]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 12:43 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: BGP support on ASA5585-X
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> Hi:
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> At this moment we know that ASA5585-X does not support BGP.
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> Does anybody know if BGP support in the ASA5585-X is in roadmap?
> More precisely... MP-BGP support in the ASA5585-X?
> Any "oficial" link in the Cisco website about this? (I did't find it)
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> Thanks a lot and best regards