The ASA, like the PIX does everything in software. More pps = higher CPU. This is true of all non-crypto functions of the ASA. Crypto is hardware accelerated.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dylan Ebner <dylan.eb...@crlmed.com> wrote: > IMHO, I don't think this is a marketing issue for cisco. It's a design issue. > PIX/ASA is good at some things, and bad at others. They have never been good > as routers. You have to remember, EIGRP didn't even come to the security line > until 8.0 code and they still do not support traffic shaping. These services > use memory and cpu resources which can dramatically reduce your ability to > get through very long access lists. I am not positive on the ASAs, but I seem > to remember that the routing features on the PIX was all done in software. If > that is still true today, I can't imagine you could effectively perform > stateful inspection, access lists, maybe VPN services, and BGP for a 100Mb+ > internet connection on even a 5585. They just aren't that powerful. > > > > > > Dylan Ebner > > -----Original Message----- > From: srg [mailto:srgqwe...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 12:43 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: BGP support on ASA5585-X > > Hi: > > At this moment we know that ASA5585-X does not support BGP. > > Does anybody know if BGP support in the ASA5585-X is in roadmap? > More precisely... MP-BGP support in the ASA5585-X? > Any "oficial" link in the Cisco website about this? (I did't find it) > > Thanks a lot and best regards > > >
