Thanks... So if someone wanted to build a low traffic volume, "bare bones" MPLS network could they not use:
Cisco 7206VXR-NPE-G1 for P router Cisco 3825 or 2821 for PE router This would give you every MPLS feature but VPLS specifically or am I way off? Why I bring this up is that in this particular case there is still the Sup2/MSFC2 6500's in the middle but they could remain in the middle just as layer2 devices connecting the above devices together at layer3 as MPLS devices right? This particular project *could* use some of the TE and QOS features in MPLS but total traffic might be 10Mb/s on a peak hence why upgrading the 6500's would not make sense but adding some gear "around" them might work just fine...?? Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin M. Streiner Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS - 6500's On Mon, 5 May 2008, Paul Stewart wrote: > With a 6500 Catalyst, regular line cards, and Sup720-3BXL - what can you NOT > do with MPLS on these chassis? Is it "just" VPLS that requires an OSM card > or a FlexWAN card for example? > > We are working on a project where MPLS may come into play .. VPLS would be a > nice option to throw in but not 100% necessary. Today, these are 6500's > with Sup2/MSFC2 which I'm told are pretty much useless for anything MPLS > oriented.... I'm not sure about MPLS limitations in the Sup2/MSFC2, but it wouldn't surprise me if they're pretty major since those engines are much more software driven and have substantially lower forwarding capabilities than the Sup720/3BXL. The 3BXL does MPLS just fine, but I'm not running it in a 'true' service provider environment. We run MPLS using LDP to distribute labels to some non-Cisco gear and terminate Martini tunnels and that seems to work pretty cleanly, although the hair-pinning needed to land a Martini tunnel is somewhat strange... jms _______________________________________________ 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/
