Re: [c-nsp] 3550 as CE

2010-01-12 Thread nasir.shaikh
Message- From: Arie Vayner (avayner) [mailto:avay...@cisco.com] Sent: 11 January 2010 19:15 To: Shaikh,NM,Nasir,JBFQ R; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 3550 as CE Nasir, Be careful about QOS requirements. If your WAN uplink is a subrate link (i.e. a 1GigE port with an SLAN

Re: [c-nsp] 3550 as CE

2010-01-11 Thread Jeff Kell
On 1/11/2010 10:59 AM, nasir.sha...@bt.com wrote: Hi, Due to the global shortage of 73xx routers I am contemplating to use some old 3550-12Ts as CE routers on a stie where a connection is required urgently. It's fine as long as you don't need MPLS to the PE. If you run VRFs

Re: [c-nsp] 3550 as CE

2010-01-11 Thread Arie Vayner (avayner)
Nasir, Be careful about QOS requirements. If your WAN uplink is a subrate link (i.e. a 1GigE port with an SLAN of 1GigE) you need to perform egress shaping on that interface, which is not supported on 3550 (or most LAN switches). Arie -Original Message- From: