Sooo, does it have to be Cisco??? I am currently helping a customer with a very similar situation, and I think based on what you're trying to do here, you should look outside of what Cisco can offer you. In my mind this is a perfect fit for a Brocade NetIron CER 2000 switch/router. It can take in multiple BGP feeds, it has MPLS features if needed, oh, and it's only a 1U box with RPSUs. Also, depending in the actual model you choose to go with, I think you should be able to get it cheaper than an ASR, and support costs are lower. Cisco 37XX switches are really not data center grade for lack of memory/buffer space and MPLS/VPLS features. I have customers running NetIrons in their cores as well as PoP PE routers, and everything works as its supposed to.
Just my $0.02 David. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
