> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sabri Berisha > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:56 AM > To: Alexandre Snarskii > Cc: Juniper-NSP Mailing list > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] The Switch is ON !!! > > The specs say: > > Layer 3 Features: IPv4 > > Max number of ARP entries: 16,000 > > Max number of IPv4 unicast routes in hardware: 12,000 > > Max number of IPv4 multicast routes in hardware: 2,000 > > Routing protocols: RIPv1/v2, OSPF, BGP, ISIS > > 12k of routes would work 25 years ago for a service provider :) > > Thanks, > > -- > Sabri
Why would customer edge switches servicing the typical voice/data customer require full routes? Out of the hundreds of Ethernet circuits that we've deployed using Cisco ME3400 switches, only 3 customers require full routes - in that case, we multihop them to a peer with full routes. A <1% need for such capacity doesn't justify the cost of a switch/router that can do a full table. Maybe our customer base is different than others, though. That said, none of the metro ethernet stackable switches that I know of (Foundry, Cisco ME-series, Telco Systems, MRV, etc.) have enough TCAM and/or memory to take full routes, so I'm still not sure the point is valid. -evt _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
