Re: [c-nsp] quick spanning tree question

2010-03-30 Thread Yuri Bank
What about your other TOR switch? If it has elected Switch 3 as its root, that would explain why traffic is being forwarded over that link. Can we see output from your other switches? -Yuri On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Cord MacLeod cordmacl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 29, 2010, at 9:06

[c-nsp] ME3400E shaping (was: ME3400 switches - internals?)

2010-03-30 Thread Brad Henshaw
McDonald Richards wrote: In defense of the ME3400 (and believe me I've had enough issues with them to not like them as much as this email may suggest) - it's a metro ethernet switch... It's TX buffers on the other hand.. Can anyone comment on the granularity of egress shaping on

Re: [c-nsp] ME3400 switches - internals?

2010-03-30 Thread Per Carlson
Hi. Does anyone have or use the ME3400s? What architecture are they based on? It's more or less a Catalyst 3750 which have gotten a more Metro Ethernet/Service Provider oriented IOS-version. Clearly they aren't a re-hashed 3750, and they seem to be a step above the 3750s in terms of

[c-nsp] ME6524 similarity? [was Re: ME3400 switches - internals?]

2010-03-30 Thread Reuben Farrelly
Hi, On 30/03/2010 6:49 PM, Per Carlson wrote: The ME-series do have much more SP oriented features opposed what Desktop Switching Business Unit ships (e.g. Cat 3xxx). The ME3750 and ME3400(-nonE) are two (in my opinion) failed attempts. The ME3750 lacks any decent customer ports (all RJ45),

Re: [c-nsp] ME3400E shaping (was: ME3400 switches - internals?)

2010-03-30 Thread Tassos Chatzithomaoglou
Its 64 kbps for the class-based shaper and 100/500/1000 kbps for the 10/100/1000 mbps port-based shaper. (100kbps for 10mbps ports, 500kbps for 100mbps ports, 1000kbps for 1000mbps ports) -- Tassos Brad Henshaw wrote on 30/03/2010 08:51: Can anyone comment on the granularity of egress

Re: [c-nsp] ME6524 similarity? [was Re: ME3400 switches - internals?]

2010-03-30 Thread Per Carlson
Hi. The ME3750 and ME3400(-nonE) are two (in my opinion) failed attempts. The ME3750 lacks any decent customer ports (all RJ45), and the ME3400 doesn't have the hardware. How do these compare with the ME6524 series? The ME6524 is a completely different box. Don't get fooled by the ME-prefix

Re: [c-nsp] HSRP, and the router on the other side...

2010-03-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 03/30/2010 01:07 AM, Andy Koch wrote: Depending on what routing protocol you are using you could write an EEM applet to modify a route-map changing the advertised route metric when HSRP master/slave status changes, but honestly I wouldn't bother - instead, just deal with the issue. If you

[c-nsp] Nexus 7k 4000 VLANs

2010-03-30 Thread Matthew Melbourne
Hi, Is anyone using the Nexus 7k platform in anger with around 4000 VLANs (e.g. up to 16,000 VLANs in multiple vDCs)? We are intending to offer a VLAN-per-customer model which scales above the 4096 VLAN limit within one switching domain. Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Melbourne

Re: [c-nsp] HSRP, and the router on the other side...

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 11:47 +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: As I said, I wouldn't even do that personally. HSRP doesn't work that way, the locally connected route is up and will always override, e.g. in the following topology: offsite -- router-slave -- router-master |

[c-nsp] WiMAX Network

2010-03-30 Thread Mohammad Khalil
i am currently planning design a WiMAX network the network will resides on Layer 2 structure what are the most security concerns to watch for ? _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email

Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 7k 4000 VLANs

2010-03-30 Thread Guillaume FORTAINE
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog47/presentations/Tuesday/RAS_Future_Points_N47_Tues.pdf Best Regards, Guillaume FORTAINE On 03/30/2010 12:56 PM, Matthew Melbourne wrote: Hi, Is anyone using the Nexus 7k platform in anger with around4000 VLANs (e.g. up

Re: [c-nsp] ME6524 buffers

2010-03-30 Thread Jeff Bacon
That's exactly what they are: a fixed config 6500. Note that's a Sup32 that powers the box and that the customer ports are oversubscribed 3:1 (it's all in the datasheet). The Sup32 makes it never cope with full internet routes (max 256k prefixes) if that's what you have in plans. So one thing

Re: [c-nsp] HSRP, and the router on the other side...

2010-03-30 Thread Phil Mayers
On 03/30/2010 12:11 PM, Peter Rathlev wrote: I a tactless attempt to digress, an MPLS VPN setup would actually give you the ability to force router-master to receive all traffic from upstream. Having the router-master use a higher local-preference for the prefix in MP-BGP would force others to

Re: [c-nsp] DC Inverters

2010-03-30 Thread Chris Wallace
Chuck, We were in the same situation in one of our data centers and we installed a PECO II power system. The cabinet we have holds 3 50AMP rectifiers (we have it configured for N+1 so we get 100AMPs out of the cabinet and redundancy). You can also expand the main cabinet with another

Re: [c-nsp] quick spanning tree question

2010-03-30 Thread Stig Johansen
Cord MacLeod wrote: Does this give enough information? From my understanding of spanning tree, g0/46 should not be used for any traffic. g0/45 is the root port for all vlans. Spanning tree doesn't determine where traffic flows, it determines which ports are active or blocking in their

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Software Multiprotocol Label Switching Packet Vulnerability

2010-03-30 Thread Rodney Dunn
SXF17a? What you sent me shows: 05:04:11: %C6K_PLATFORM-2-PEER_RESET: RP is being reset by the SP %Software-forced reload = Start of Crashinfo Collection (14:12:13 UTC Wed Sep 6 2000) == For image: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) s72033_rp Software

Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 7k 4000 VLANs

2010-03-30 Thread Ian Cox
Do you want to deliver a vlan (L2 bridge domain per customer) or use a 1Q tag per customer terminating to a L3 sub-interface? If you want the latter you can do more than 4K in a single VDC. Ian On 3/30/10 3:56 AM, Matthew Melbourne wrote: Hi, Is anyone using the Nexus 7k platform in anger

Re: [c-nsp] quick spanning tree question

2010-03-30 Thread Cord MacLeod
On Mar 29, 2010, at 11:06 PM, Yuri Bank wrote: What about your other TOR switch? If it has elected Switch 3 as its root, that would explain why traffic is being forwarded over that link. There is no traffic inbound on g0/46 as shown below. Can we see output from your other switches?

[c-nsp] FWSM - bug or mis-configuration

2010-03-30 Thread Varaillon Jean Christophe
Hi, I am using a FWSM 3.1(5), in routed mode, with multiple contexts. This was the configuration before any changes were done: - access-list DMZ1-NAT extended permit ip any 192.168.0 255.255.0.0 access-list DMZ1-NAT extended permit ip any 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 access-list DMZ1-NAT extended

[c-nsp] Need input for router purchase

2010-03-30 Thread Rich Davies
Hello, I am involved with a short-term project involving the purchase/installation of a Cisco router which is capable of the following: - OC-12 WAN interface - High throughout (PPS) - Redundancy - Full routing table I have looked at the 7600 and it is a viable option however we are also looking

Re: [c-nsp] Need input for router purchase

2010-03-30 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
The ASR's and 7200's aren't NEBS compliant because they have the power supplies on the back side of the router. I think you're looking at the GSR's, CSR's or 7600's. Regards, Mike -- Michael K. Smith - CISSP, GSEC, GISP Chief Technical Officer - Adhost Internet LLC mksm...@adhost.com w: +1

Re: [c-nsp] Need input for router purchase

2010-03-30 Thread Stephen Cobb
Rich- If you go the 7600 or 6509-NEB-A route, you've got a couple options for OC12. An older OSM-2OC12-POS-SI+ blade would save you probably ~$10k in comparison to a new-of-life setup (7600-SIP-400 with SPA-1XOC12-POS and SFP-OC12-IR1 optic). A chassis with dual SUP720-3BXL's, single OC12 card,

Re: [c-nsp] Need input for router purchase

2010-03-30 Thread Dave Weis
Another thing to keep in mind is rack depth. Most of the facilities we are in allow a maximum of 15 front to back. The equipment will generally fit as long as you don't mind the SFP's getting sheared off by the rolling ladders in the aisle. -Original Message- From:

[c-nsp] 15 router purchase

2010-03-30 Thread chris stand
15 ? What data facility only allows a half floor tile for front to rear space ? Are there any servers that shallow ? I have about 300 1U to 5U and not one of them is anything short of 24 at minimum. Especially once you add a few inches for data, fiber or power connections. I do have a handful

[c-nsp] Need input for router purchas

2010-03-30 Thread scott owens
You know that NEBs has different levels of compliance ? http://www.nebs-faq.com/what_is_nebs_level_3.htm If this is for a short term ( 1 month or 6 ? ) do you REALLY need a super duper studly box ? Are you going to have to do the conversion from an OC circuit or can you get this in a gigE ?

[c-nsp] dual sups/chassis with 6500 VSS

2010-03-30 Thread Church, Charles
Anyone, According to several docs I've read, such as this one: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps9336/product_solution_overview0900aecd806fa5d0.html It appears that dual sups/chassis is planned for a future release. Can anyone give me an approximate date or