The Sup720 on a 6k/7600 won't be what you are looking for in a large peering environment. I'd suggest an NPE-G2 if the 7200 is still suiting you needs and only needs a small upgrade.
You could also look at moving to an ASR1k platform which I think can do 10GE and still provides the investment protection to upgrade the forwarding engine (ESP) and control plane (RP) in the future. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Lars Eidsheim <l...@intellit.no> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking for a thoughts about a BGP edge router upgrade. > > I am planning to upgrade our BGP edge from a Cisco 7200/NPE-G1. The NPE-G1 > suits our needs at the moment, but as we are looking to interconnect with > more services, do more localpeerings and implement IPv6 in near future this > might a good timing to upgrade. > > As we are running a few 6500s in our network already I was thinking to > install a 6500 with SUP720-3BXL and a 6724-SFP linecard to replace our > existing 7200 platform. The 3BXL will keep-up with full BGP feed and the > platform can easily be upgraded to 10 gbit/s with a new line card (in example > 6704-10GE). > > I know others are using the 6500/SUP720-3BXL for this purpose, but as the > 6500 is designed a switch platform i would like hear others opinion on the > subject? Maybe I should be looking to other platforms as well, like Huawei or > Juniper? > > > Rgrds > > Lars Eidsheim > > ________________________________ > This email has been scanned and secured by Intellit > > This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains > information that may be privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure > or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are hereby formally notified that any dissemination, use, copying or > distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. > Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your > system. > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
