Hi. 6500/Sup2 can act as a P-router really. You need IOS 12.2SXF (probably you'll need add memory and flash). It can swap labels and be only P-router (not PE) with nor OSM nor Flexwan. But I don't know about any implementation of 6500/Sup2 as P-router.
Best regards Pavel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS Confusion ;) > Paul Stewart <> wrote on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:11 PM: > >> In other words, is there any reason a Sup2/6500 can't be used on as a >> P router itself - I understand that there is more "requirements" for >> a PE router and thinking about 7206VXR's on the PE portion (which we >> may have some extras at some point in the future). Just trying to >> find a way to use what we have (Sup2/6500, GSR with Engine 0 cards, >> 7206VXR with NPE-1G and 2G). > > Sup2 can't do any label operations (swap/push/pop), so this rules Sup2 > out (you would need OSM or Flexwans). GSRs/E0 and 7200 do MPLS just fine > with similar performance as regular IP. > >> Trying to avoid sup720 and SIP card >> deployments in this year's budget if I can but get MPLS running (in a >> general sense). > > You want to look into Sup720 or Sup32 for the 6500s, but using 7200 or > GSRs is fine. > > oli > _______________________________________________ > 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/
