If you already have a 720xVXR chassis, and you must being your currently running with an NPE-300, then why not just replace the NPE with a faster one, and keep the rest of your gear intact.
I am not quite at 500mbps on a constant basis, but do run in the 300-350mbps range. As we have several GigE's to peers/transit, I decided to ditch the old 7507 router for a 7206VXR/NPE-G2 over here. So far it's worked out well, and even with a couple ACL's the CPU is still quite low. So my guess is, just slipping out the NPE-300, and replacing it with an NPE-G2, or G1 would be a very cost effective option for you, and not require any massive changes. With up to 2G RAM in the G2, it should handle any BGP routing you need done, or I hope so... --- Howard Leadmon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cisco-nsp- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Primoz Jeroncic > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:07 AM > To: Cisco Mailing list > Subject: [c-nsp] c3560 L3 throughput with BGP > > Hi guys > > We have to change c7206 NPE300 with something faster. We are limited to > 3HU box, so one option would be Cat3560 or 3750. I can't test this > myself, unless I just put box into production and hope for the best, so > I would appreciate any comment from people who use those two boxes in > similar situation. Few requirements which these boxes need to support > are following. > > 1. Handling approximately 500Mbps each way (about 1Gbp total throughput) > 2. Handling BGP peerings with up to 20 peers with total of 200-300 prefixes > 3. Complete BGP support (communities, filtering etc.) > 4. Of course boxes are basically acting as router, so both ports are > separate L3 ports. > > That's about it. > > So is anyone running c3560 or c3750 in similar conditions? If so, how > do they behave? My main concern is high cpu load with such amount of > traffic. > > Thanks for help. > > Have nice rest of day, > Primoz Jeroncic > Support - IP Connectivity & Routing > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Softnet d.o.o. tel: +386 1 562 31 40 | > Borovec 2 fax: +386 1 562 18 55 | 1 + 1 = 3 > 1236 Trzin primoz(at)softnet.si | for larger values of 1 > Slovenija http://flea.softnet.si/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
