2011/10/19 Mark Tinka <[email protected]>
> On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:46:53 AM Keegan Holley > wrote: > > > If you can > > connect all your PE's without adding aggregation and > > core layers you'd obviously time, money and avoid > > complexity. > > Correct on time and money, but curious about complexity. > > I find having a core layer in an IP/MPLS network increases > simplicity due to the abstraction and demarcation it > provides, but YMMV. > > In a large network yes. Most larger networks need it simply for traffic and route aggregation. In smaller networks you may only have a few pops and even fewer features. It may make sense to have a network of PE's. It really does depend on the specifics of a company and it's customers. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
