Are there any good resources that detail best current practice for route reflector design?
Google doesn't bring up much real-world experience, i.e. detailing caveats, redundancy options etc.. SteveH -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin M. Streiner Sent: 10 December 2013 12:44 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] C6500 IPv6 redistribute with route-map? On 10/Dec/2013 at 09:22:01 AM, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: > I do have the knowledge and capacity to implement iBGP as my IGP > *now*, except for the route reflectors suggested. Would you recommend > that approach? I.e. going without the route reflectors and the > communities first? It~Rs only 4-5 machines in total, after all, all > Cisco. And no customers with BGP currently. Starting out with route reflectors is a good idea. It makes the network easier to scale as needed. Doing a full IBGP mesh gets messy very quickly. Even if you use peer-groups to simplify things, you're still dealing with a lot of IBGP sessions ((n * (n - 1)) / 2 sessions). With 5 routers, that would mean 10 sessions. With 10 routers, that would mean 45 sessions. Additionally, managing all of those sessions can chew up a lot of resources on your routers. Anything you can simplify will serve you well over time. jms _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ________________________________ [http://www.it-ps.com/emailimages/itpsmail_r2_c1.gif] "Helping Your ICT Budget Deliver to its Maximum Potential" Steve Housego Principal Consultant IT Professional Services Axwell House Waterside Drive Metrocentre East Business Park Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE11 9HU T. 0191 442 8300 D. 3037 M. F. 0191 442 8301 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Check out ITPS's website www.it-ps.com<http://www.it-ps.com/> Keep up to date with all the latest Technology News [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/twitter.gif]<http://twitter.com/#!/itpsltd> [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/facebook.gif] <http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITPS/180607505381380> [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/linkin.gif] <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top> Company No. 3930001 registered in England VAT No. 734 1935 33 _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
