MD5 BGP performance on a VXR?

Fri Jun 11 17:10:24 UTC 2004

sh proc cpu should be able to tell you where the load is..

i have a 7206, about 130 bgp sessions (445000 paths) .. not much cpu being used, 
BGP scanner is the larges with a 5% 1min average

Steve

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Ben Buxton wrote:

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> 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
> 
> 