From: edgar feliz (ejfeliz65@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:22:14 GMT-3
Chuck,
I would consider going to a bigger box, if you can. I
do not think changing IOS alone will get your load
down, the processor on the 2500 series is winpy.
The benefit you will get from changing to a newer IOS
version is that you will have more features available.
EF
--- Chuck Church <cchurch@MAGNACOM.com> wrote:
> Anyone,
>
> Sorry about the OT post, but I'm looking for
> some feedback on whether
> or not to upgrade the IOS on a production 2500.
> It's got 2 Ethernet ints,
> and 2 serial. 1 serial goes to 10 remote locations
> with 10 subints for
> frame relay. The other serial goes to an ISP. CIR
> is 512 internet, 768 for
> the remote locations. There are route maps on the
> LAN side Ethernet and the
> serial to the remote sites. If a packet is destined
> to the internet, the
> route maps send it a pix which is located on the LAN
> Ethernet. The PIX
> nats, and sends it to the other Ethernet int on the
> 2500, which sends it to
> the internet. Needless to say, this is a very hard
> working 2500! SH INT
> SWITCHING shows almost all packets being process
> switched on the interfaces
> with route maps. Current version is 11.2.3P. RAM
> is 4 megs. Would running
> a 12.0 image give me any performance benefit? There
> are a few buffer misses
> as well. I may upgrade RAM to 16 and increase some
> queues. I know that
> they moved things like NAT to fast switching, anyone
> know if policy routing
> is now also? The router runs a constant 30%, but
> with more sites coming up
> and an increase in internet bandwidth, it's going to
> need something soon.
>
> TIA,
> Chuck Church
> CCNP, CCDP, MCNE, MCSE
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Magnacom Technologies
> 140 N. Rt. 303
> Valley Cottage, NY 10989
> 845-267-4000 x218
>
> P.S. I didn't design this crazy configuration. So
> don't flame me.
> **Please
> read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html
>
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