CCR2216s and RouterOS v7 – BGP performance testing results for full tables

RouterOS Forwarding Protocols
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Got some flight time on MikroTik’s new 100G routers and tested them for BGP performance with full tables

https://stubarea51.net/2022/04/14/mikrotik-routeros-v7-bgp-performance-testing-for-full-tables/

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Pretty impressive numbers :slight_smile: Any chance you will be able to test the new prefix limit in 7.3 while you at it?

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Here you go! It works :slight_smile:


[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/connection/disable 0
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/connection/set input.limit-process-routes-ipv4=5000 0
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/connection/enable 0
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/session/print 
Flags: E - established 
 0   remote.address=198.18.91.254 .refused-cap-opt=no 
     local.address=198.18.91.1 
     output.last-notification=ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff0015030601 limit-exceeded 
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/connection/set input.limit-process-routes-ipv4=1000000 0
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/session/clear 0
flag: 
input-last-notification  limit-exceeded  output-last-notification  refused-cap-opt  stopped
flag: limit-exceeded
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] > routing/bgp/session/print 
Flags: E - established 
 0 E remote.address=198.18.91.254 .as=65101 .id=198.18.91.254 .refused-cap-opt=no .capabilities=mp,rr,role,gr,as4 .messages=227341 .bytes=22502859 .eor="" 
     local.address=198.18.91.1 .as=8675309 .id=100.127.100.101 .capabilities=mp,rr,gr,as4 .messages=1 .bytes=19 .eor="" 
     output.procid=60 .filter-chain=deny-all .last-notification=ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff0015030601 
     input.procid=60 .limit-process-routes=1000000 ebgp 
     hold-time=3m keepalive-time=1m uptime=34s270ms 
[zuul@ccr2216-01.test.lab.ipa] >