[c-nsp] N7k as Enterprise core MPLS P/PE

[Chris Evans]

Ask and you shall receive.

Hint....
On Sep 29, 2011 3:41 PM, "Tim Durack" <tdurack at gmail.com> wrote:
> We are currently using the C6K in this role. The N7K is looking like
> the logical replacement.
>
> If Cisco produced a 10/100/1000/PoE FEX, and upgraded the N7K to
> support 100s of FEX on a chassis pair, we could replace the entire
> access layer with N7K plus FEX remote linecards. Now that would be
> cool...
>
> Tim:>
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk>
wrote:
>> I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on this platform as an MPLS P/PE
>> router.
>>
>> It probably seems odd, and that an ASR9k might be a more obvious choice,
but
>> for an enterprise MPLS core router it has a few nice properties - lots of
>> 10gig, goes fast, decent OS and commonality of sparing and parts with the
>> datacentre (if you use them there).
>>
>> I'm assuming an ASR9k is a lot more expensive than an N7k?
>>
>> Why *wouldn't* you buy an N7k in this role?
>>
>> Just pondering...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Phil
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