MX204 Virtual Chassis Setup

Fri Aug 25 23:26:30 UTC 2023

On 8/26/23 00:54, Tom Beecher wrote:

> It would, sure. Instead of storing a single prefix/next-hop with flags 
> in memory, you now have to store every prefix/next-hop that you are 
> announcing as well.

Indeed.

But it has been worth it. The load balancing from PE-to-PE has been 
fantastic, especially when coupled with BGP Multipath.

No more messing about with LOCAL_PREF for multi-homed customers, and it 
works just as well with different (but equal-length) AS_PATH's.

Mark.