• Supported Platforms
• M10i Routers, M120 Routers, M320 Routers, M7i Routers
• MX240 Routers, MX480 Routers, MX960 Routers
• T640 Routers

Configuring Virtual BGFs to Run on Services PICs

By default virtual BGFs run on the Routing Engine. If you plan to run virtual BGFs on MultiServices PICs or MultiServices Dense Port Concentrators (MS-DPC) instead of on the Routing Engine, you need to enable the BGF service package on each PIC or DPC and then configure the service interface that you want to run the pgcpd process.

Enabling the BGF Service Package on the PIC or DPC

To enable the BGF service package on a PIC or DPC:

1. Determine the FPC slot number and the PIC number of the services PIC or DPC on which you want to enable the BGF service package.

   In the following example, the FPC slot number is 0 and the PIC number is 3.

   user@host> show chassis hardware

   Hardware inventory:
   Item             Version  Part number  Serial number     Description
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   .
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   FPC 0                                              E-FPC
     PIC 0          REV 11   750-002971   RH1375            4x OC-3 SONET, MM
     PIC 1          REV 12   750-012838   DN0449            4x 1GE(LAN), IQ2
       Xcvr 0       REV 01   740-013111   8142659           SFP-T
       Xcvr 1       REV 01   740-013111   8142630           SFP-T
       Xcvr 2       REV 01   740-013111   8155199           SFP-T
       Xcvr 3       REV 01   740-013111   8154799           SFP-T
     PIC 2          REV 11   750-005724   RH2051            2x OC-3 ATM-II IQ, MM
     PIC 3          REV 15   750-014895   DN3277            MultiServices 100
   .
   .
   .

2. Enable the jservices-bgf package on the PIC or DPC.
   [edit chassis]user@host# set fpc 0 pic 3 adaptive-services service-package extension-provider package jservices-bgf
3. Set the number of megabytes that can be used for the wired process memory, which is virtual memory used to reduce Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (BTLB) misses, to 512.
   [edit chassis]user@host# set fpc 0 pic 3 adaptive-services service-package extension-provider wired-process-mem-size 512
4. Set the maximum number of processes that can run simultaneously to 8.
   [edit chassis]user@host# set fpc 0 pic 3 adaptive-services service-package extension-provider wired-max-processes 512

   Note: The option wired-process-mem-size does not auto-complete when you enter it in the CLI. You must enter all of the characters.

5. Set the number of processing cores dedicated to the control functionality of the jservices-bgf application.
   [edit chassis]user@host# set fpc 0 pic 3 adaptive-services service-package extension-provider control-cores 8
6. Specify that the PIC or DPC not restart if the Routing Engine is swapped.
   [edit chassis]user@host# set no-service-pic-restart-on-failover
7. Commit your configuration changes. You must perform the commit before you can proceed to configure the BGF.
   [edit]user@host# commitcommit complete

Configuring the Control Services PIC or DPC for the Virtual BGF

To run the virtual BGF on a MultiServices PIC or MS-DPC, configure the service interface that you want to run the pgcpd process:

1. Enter edit mode for the interface.
   [edit]user@host# edit interfaces ms-0/3/0
2. Configure a description for the interface.
   [edit interfaces ms-0/3/0]user@host# set description BGF-Service-PIC
3. Configure logical unit 0, and specify the protocol family and the address of a virtual BGF.
   [edit interfaces ms-0/3/0]user@host# set unit 0 family inet address 10.10.200.21/32
4. Configure a logical unit and specify the protocol family.
   [edit interfaces ms-0/3/0]user@host# set unit 10 family inet
5. Configure a logical unit and specify the protocol family.
   [edit interfaces ms-0/3/0]user@host# set unit 20 family inet