Hi, I have both ASR 9902 and Arista DCS-7280CR2K-30
Downsides of the ASR9902 for us include: Not being able to configure the ports in the exact way we need to as far as the integrated switch. Internet Licensing Had a really hard time trying to renew support for less than 40% of the cost of the entire router for 1 year. I feel like something went terribly wrong here but I wasted 6 months trying to fix it. Very expensive for what amounts to a 8x100GE router Upsides: If you like IOS XR If you like netflow and not sflow It's made by Cisco (... I guess that is still an upside) I don't believe the 9902 uses a proprietary algo to achieve its maximum route scale. Downsides of the Arista DCS-7280CR2K-30 Sflow only The OS doesn't seem to know whether or not it has written files to the filesystem when you save a running config or copy a new software image. The OS doesn't seem to track whether the disk is still working or not. I'm not 100% sure I trust flexroute yet for large tables above 1M routes but fingers are crossed. if you want flexroute you have to make sure you get the K model If you don't like EOS Upsides: 30 ports of 100GE that can break out however we want If you like EOS As far as I know there is no phone home or licensing restrictions I'm not sure on current pricing but these weren’t as expensive as an ASR9902 and you get 22 extra ports. Thanks, -Drew -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net> On Behalf Of Pengembara T. via cisco-nsp Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 1:26 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route Hi all, I am looking for recommendations on a Cisco model that meets the following requirements: - Supports 4 BGP peers (both eBGP and iBGP), each with a full BGP table for IPv4 and IPv6 - Smallest possible physical size (2U max if possible) - Prefer perpetual license - Relatively stable CPU usage, preferably ≤50% for most of the time while handling this BGP load Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__puck.nether.net_mailman_listinfo_cisco-2Dnsp&d=DwIGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=OPufM5oSy-PFpzfoijO_w76wskMALE1o4LtA3tMGmuw&m=k9IX2t3FCLPCn4FflPFf7Ke7ZS_1OqIDWkbufm7rEKQ0bIFn8Tlz2nvP1wXIWIJO&s=SE5zYeDUvYFkTipOCK2eSl82haDLu8leanfCtJEF0cQ&e= archive at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__puck.nether.net_pipermail_cisco-2Dnsp_&d=DwIGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=OPufM5oSy-PFpzfoijO_w76wskMALE1o4LtA3tMGmuw&m=k9IX2t3FCLPCn4FflPFf7Ke7ZS_1OqIDWkbufm7rEKQ0bIFn8Tlz2nvP1wXIWIJO&s=sdZ1Wb92ZWN4nMOD9GGCWNb8nEkFp5CP91F9JYydfX4&e= _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
