> I've been offered some cheap 6509's with the following kit (this is all > the info I have at the moment on them) > > WS-C6509 Chassis 9 Slots > Dual Redundant AC Power Maximum Uptime > Supervisor 2 Engine with PFC2 and MSFC2 Dual Gig Uplink Port MultiLayer > 96 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switching Ports > 8 Gigabit Ethernet Ports 1000BaseX > Bonus Switch Fabric 2 Module to provide dedicated bandwidth to each slot > up to 256 Gbps per system > > I currently have a network composed of 6 site's connected to each other > via microwave, the network is basically one large ring. Our customers > purchase transit through us, some of them are now asking for a VPLS > based service, at the moment each customer is just switched through a > VLAN to their nominated access ports. > > We're beginning to look at MPLS, particulary EoMPLS, is the above kit > enough to achieve this? We will be doing no more then 155mbit of > traffic.
No. PFC2/MSFC2 cannot do MPLS. As a minimum you need an OSM card, however this solution is absolutely not recommended. If you want to do MPLS on the 6500/7600 platform today, you need Sup720/RSP720 with 3BXL or 3CXL. Watch out for the 6500/7600 split. Also not that you'll need more capable cards than the standard "LAN" type cards for VPLS. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
