i'm looking for information regarding status of hardware offloaded mpls on mikrotik devices
here's my test scenario:
three devices connected like this:
--HEX1----CRS309----HEX2--
running routeros 7.14rc2
configured: OSPF , MPLS and hardware offload setup according to mikrotik "L3 Hardware Offloading" help page
hardware routing between HEX1 and HEX2 is working (cpu on CRS = 0% when passing traffic)
hardware mpls seems to be working only when single tag is present
when i stretch EoIP tunnel between HEX1 and HEX2, CRS is not using CPU and everything is nice
when i try to do the same with VPLS tunnel CRS cpu is 70-90% and nothing is offloaded
am i correct concluding that mikrotik devices only support hardware offload of single mpls tag?
is it hardware limitation? is there a hope that it will improve in future versions of routeros?
maybe mpls requires some additional config that isn't on help page?
am i completely wrong about everything?
here's my test scenario:
three devices connected like this:
--HEX1----CRS309----HEX2--
running routeros 7.14rc2
configured: OSPF , MPLS and hardware offload setup according to mikrotik "L3 Hardware Offloading" help page
hardware routing between HEX1 and HEX2 is working (cpu on CRS = 0% when passing traffic)
hardware mpls seems to be working only when single tag is present
when i stretch EoIP tunnel between HEX1 and HEX2, CRS is not using CPU and everything is nice
when i try to do the same with VPLS tunnel CRS cpu is 70-90% and nothing is offloaded
am i correct concluding that mikrotik devices only support hardware offload of single mpls tag?
is it hardware limitation? is there a hope that it will improve in future versions of routeros?
maybe mpls requires some additional config that isn't on help page?
am i completely wrong about everything?
Statistics: Posted by biki73 — Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:27 pm