Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-21 Thread Tom Hill
On 16/04/13 15:44, Aaron wrote: Thanks for the warning on the 9000v We have thought about using it but aren't going to for the DC deployment. (it doesn't have the (11) 10gig interfaces we need to begin with) It always seemed attractive that it was advertised as a linecard in an asr9k with all

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-16 Thread Gabor Szabo (gabszabo)
10:27 PM To: 'Oliver Garraux'; 'Jeff Kell' Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net 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

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-16 Thread Mick O'Rourke
: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:51 PM To: Jeff Kell Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net 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

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-16 Thread Aaron
; Oliver Garraux; Jeff Kell Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls You might want to be careful with the 9000V. There are a number of interesting side-effects of it. It basically won't work right until you get to at least 4.3.1. They are missing a lot of things. It is also an IOS box, which

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-16 Thread Jason Lixfeld
. -Original Message- From: Jared Mauch [mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:41 AM To: Gabor Szabo (gabszabo) Cc: Aaron; Oliver Garraux; Jeff Kell Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls You might want to be careful with the 9000V. There are a number

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Andrew Miehs
On 13/04/2013, at 12:57 AM, Aaron aar...@gvtc.com wrote: I would like mpls capability in it. Does anyone say that mpls/vpls/l3vpn/l2vpn is good to top of rack data center level? Seems like more flexibility and strength to me with using all those nice mpls features. Why do you want MPLS on

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Chris Russell
On 15/04/2013 06:42, Daniel Hooper wrote: Brocade CER 2000, they do all your MPLS / VPLS features. They're more aimed at carrier edge routing, so probably lack features normally seen in TOR switches, but guessing they'll have another box with tricks that can do the lot. Be sure to check the

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Aaron
, April 15, 2013 1:08 AM To: Aaron Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls On 13/04/2013, at 12:57 AM, Aaron aar...@gvtc.com wrote: I would like mpls capability in it. Does anyone say that mpls/vpls/l3vpn/l2vpn is good to top of rack data center level? Seems

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Andrew Miehs
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Aaron aar...@gvtc.com wrote: Q1 - Why do you want MPLS on the top of rack switch? A1 - L2VPN's...L3VPN's... Yes, 10 feet away is my Cisco ASR9006 MPLS PE edge box, so yes I could simply do 802.1q from tor switch to that 9k and then jump into mpls LxVPN's

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Aaron
] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 9:42 AM To: Aaron Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Aaron aar...@gvtc.com wrote: Q1 - Why do you want MPLS on the top of rack switch? A1 - L2VPN's...L3VPN's... Yes, 10 feet away is my Cisco

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Jeff Kell
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

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Oliver Garraux
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

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-15 Thread Aaron
3:51 PM To: Jeff Kell Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net 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

Re: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-14 Thread Daniel Hooper
...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013 10:57 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls I'm working with the resident linux/server/systems engineer on his new dc project. I'm looking for data center type

[c-nsp] data center/mpls/vpls

2013-04-12 Thread Aaron
I'm working with the resident linux/server/systems engineer on his new dc project. I'm looking for data center type switches/routers. does anyone recommend anything? I would like mpls capability in it. Does anyone say that mpls/vpls/l3vpn/l2vpn is good to top of rack data center level?