Yeah,I meant RIB, not FIB. Should have finished coffee first. :) On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 9:10 PM Lincoln Dale <l...@interlink.com.au> wrote:
> If I was running an edge device with a limited FIB, perhaps I might drop >> it to save memory. If I had beefier devices, perhaps I would just depref >> it. >> > > Note that if said prefix either existed elsewhere with fewer prepends that > meant it 'won' bgp best-path selection, then it would not result in any > difference in the FIB. > The FIB is where the 'winning' prefixes go as fully-resolved things from > the RIB, but the RIB too would not have it, as an alternative won in BGP. > And even if you depref'd it in BGP, it would still be there in the > control-plane, consuming the same amount of RAM. > > Reject it for excess prepends is likely the best choice. > >
