Parameter changes that take eect after disabling and re-enabling
redistribution
The following parameter change takes eect only after you disable and then re-enable redistribution:
• Change the default MED (metric).
Memory considerations
BGP4 can handle a very large number of routes and therefore requires a lot of memory. For example, in a typical
conguration with a
single BGP4 neighbor, receiving a full internet route table, a BGP4 device may need to hold over a million routes. Many congurations,
especially those involving more than one neighbor, can require the device to hold even more routes. Brocade devices provide dynamic
memory allocation for BGP4 data. BGP4 devices automatically allocate memory when needed to support BGP4 neighbors, routes and
route attribute entries. Dynamic memory allocation is performed automatically by the software and does not require a reload.
The following table lists the maximum total amount of system memory (DRAM) BGP4 can use. The maximum depends on the total
amount of system memory on the device.
TABLE 89 Maximum memory usage
Platform Maximum memory BGP4 can use
FSX with Management module with 1536 MB 1336 MB
The memory amounts listed in the table are for all BGP4 data, including routes received from neighbors, BGP route advertisements
(routes sent to neighbors), and BGP route attribute entries. The routes sent to and received from neighbors use the most BGP4 memory.
Generally, the actual limit to the number of neighbors, routes, or route attribute entries the device can accommodate depends on how
many routes the device sends to and receives from the neighbors.
In some cases, where most of the neighbors do not send or receive a full BGP route table (about 80,000 routes), the memory can
support a larger number of BGP4 neighbors. However, if most of the BGP4 neighbors send or receive full BGP route tables, the number
of BGP neighbors the memory can support is less than in congurations where the neighbors send smaller route tables.
Memory conguration options obsoleted by dynamic memory
Devices that support dynamic BGP4 memory allocation do not require or even support static conguration of memory for BGP4
neighbors, routes, or route attributes. Consequently, the following CLI commands and equivalent Web management options are not
supported on these devices:
• max-neighbors num
• max-routes num
• max-attribute-entries num
If you boot a device that has a startup-cong le that contains these commands, the software ignores the commands and uses dynamic
memory allocation for BGP4. The rst time you save the device running conguration (running-cong) to the startup-cong le, the
commands are removed from the le.
Basic conguration tasks required for BGP4
The following sections describe how to perform the conguration tasks that are required to use BGP4 on the Brocade device.
Memory considerations
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