I've done some recent testing and while the BGP download time isn't blazing fast, it can load 400k routes and propagate them to 20 other peers in a few minutes. Certainly not 2 hours. :) I've also done quite a bit of interop testing with the other main vendors as well and have yet to run into anything major.
Phil On Mar 9, 2010, at 1:03 PM, piotr sawicki wrote: >> >> The worst thing in it was bgp proto .. Router was unable to withstand 20+ >> peering sessions , most of that outgoing bgp session to customers , a few >> peerings , and only 1v2 incoming upstream providers >> When there was instability/surge in bgp updates , router was able to break >> itself tcp sess. Dwnld bgp table (150,000prefix) took 2h or more ... >> Things done in hardware should be working although ( bridge .. , maybe label >> switching , vpls ) Tech support is very weak. Expect problems with >> interoperability . >> Sorry to say that . It was 3+ years time ago , maybe they improved >> themself .. :) >> > > Hi, > > I must say we had very old timos 2.0R17 , as you now use 8.0 I guess .. > As most of my complains is against software , this may be improved - i hope > it is :) > Hardware is solid, 'hard to kill' > Sorry for a bit preliminary assumptions about 7750SR platform . > > // regards PiotrSawicki. >
