Lexmark IBM 9077 User Manual
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Additionally, the RS232 port (which is not shown in the figure) allows you to
connect the VT100 console by using an RS232 null modem cable. The
console and cable must be supplied by the user.
2.3.4 Memory Guidelines for the IP Switch Control Board
As already mentioned, the GRF base system comes with 128 MB of memory.
In all GRF memory configurations, 32 MB are used for the file system and the
remainder is used for system operations. For example, in the base system,
there are 128 MB of total memory, 32 MB of available memory and 78 MB of
usable memory. (Refer to Table 1 on page 35 for detailed memory
configuration information). Up to six additional 32 MB DRAM SIMMS may be
added to support larger dynamic routing tables and larger numbers of peers
(for a total of 256 MB, 204 MB usable).
The following table provides guidelines for memory configuration. All media
cards can hold up to 150 KB route entries. The control board, depending on
memory configuration, can hold 35,805 to 521,730 route prefixes. Select the
amount of memory according to your routing environment. Additional memory
may be required for higher average numbers of routes per BGP peer.
Table 1. Memory Configuration
Figure 18 gives an overview of the memory layout and the possible memory
extensions.
Customer
Profile
Total
Mem.
Avail.
Usable
No. of
Route
Entries
on
Media
Cards
No. of
Route
Prefixes
in
Dynamic
Database
No. of
Peer
Sess.
Static Routing
64 MB
32 MB
14 MB
150 KB
35805
0
Small POP
128 MB
96 MB
78 MB
150 KB
199485
3
Medium POP/
ISP Backbone
192 MB
160 MB
142 MB
150 KB
362165
7
Large POP/
Exchange Point/
Route Reflection
Server
256 MB
224 MB
204 MB
150 KB
521730
10