Generally for BGP peering you don't need all the fancy features that the SIP-600 gives you, it's complete overkill. You are better off just getting a 7600 with normal LAN linecards, otherwise your per-port cost is going to be enormous.
Phil On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:00 AM, William Jackson wrote: > Hi all > > > > I am looking for a platform for the BGP peering edge of our network, > this will have multiple full BGP tables and carry all our transit > traffic. > > > > We expect to have between 5-10 gbps of initial traffic capacity and > expect to grow over the net couple of years. > > We are all Ethernet based shop. > > > > I am considering two options: > > > > Option 1: > > 12410 ( with 2 * PRP2 and SIP601 line cards ) running IOS XR > > > > 7609-S ( with 2 * RSP720-3CXL and Sip-600 line cards ) > > > > The requirements are for: > > > > Carrier grade equipment > > High availability > > ISSU, NSF and SSO > > > > We require these devices to have as many high availability features as > possible to provide as much of a "continuous operation" scenario as > possible. > > > > I heard that the new 720-3CXL has a very fast 100msec switchover > whilst > the 12XXX was a lot slower to converge in a failure scenario?? > > > > Any recommendations and pointers of caveats etc to consider? > > > > Many thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
