Hi Aaron, Have you checked the ASR9K nV Satellite feature with 9000v which can be placed physically as TOR device but works as a remote linecard for the ASR9K? You can have every service on satellite ports what you have on local interface of the ASR9K...
It is generally not recommended / preferred architecture for hosting / complex DC (where the Nexus family is our strong preference) but can fit for collocation type of services... Regards, Gabor > -----Original Message----- > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Aaron > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:27 PM > To: 'Oliver Garraux'; 'Jeff Kell' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls > > Thanks Oliver for the input, I'm planning on not doing L3 on whichever DC > ToR switch I go with.... and simply doing the L3 on the uplinked ASR9006 > > Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Oliver Garraux > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:51 PM > To: Jeff Kell > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls > > At a large enterprise, we're using them for L2 only. For a smallish > virtualized > hosting environment we're doing L3 with them. I think the people working > on the hosting environment are happy with them. My concerns about L3 on > the N5k are mostly about some of the limitations. Off the top of my head: > > - you can't do ISSU with L3 > - it doesn't support PBR > - since a port-channel is used internally to connect to the L3 module, you > may not be able to effectively use 160 gbps for L3 > - more limited # of FEX's supported when L3 is being used. I think they > increased it though in some version of code, so this might be less of an issue > today > > If you can live with the limitations, I think L3 on the N5K is probably OK. > Not sure that its the best choice for L3 stuff though. > > Oliver > > ------------------------------------- > > Oliver Garraux > Check out my blog: blog.garraux.net > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/olivergarraux > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Kell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 4/15/2013 2:07 AM, Andrew Miehs wrote: > > >> I would like a pair of top-of-rack devices that can mirror one > > >> another > > if > > >> possible too, like cisco's 6509-vss thing.or at least like nexus > > >> vpc (multichassis link aggregation/bundling) > > >> > > > The Nexus 5Ks are pretty cheap and good if you only need L2. > > > > I'm still a Nexus virgin... so excuse my naive question... but... :) > > > > I've heard more than once that Nexus 5K is not quite ready for Layer-3 > > prime time, but I have also heard others swear by at (as opposed to > > swearing AT it). > > > > So what's the real scoop? Are you deploying N5K just for L2 and > > front-ending it with some other L3 device? > > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
