[c-nsp] MPLS over GRE/IPSEC

[Aivars]

Well, 19xx with a proper licensing will work. Everything else depends
on pps and scale.


 Aivars

> I would recommend looking at the lower end ASR1Ks for that... Maybe ASR1001...
> Arie

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 04:24
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] MPLS over GRE/IPSEC

> What is the smallest Cisco device that can do 1Gbit/sec of MPLS over GRE over IPSEC?

> On the LAN side, the device will need to do VLANS, IPv4 & IPv4,
> HSRP, multicast and possibly some basic QoS for VoIP prioritisation. On the WAN side, the device
> will need to tunnel MPLS L3VPN over GRE, then IPSec-protect the GRE
> traffic. Obviously it will need BGP/LDP. Physical interfaces will need to be 2x gigE, and the
> device will actually need to forward 1gig or very close to it.

> The background here is that we have some remote sites we want to
> bring back into our MPLS L3VPN. We can obtain an IP connection with large MTU more cheaply than
> we can obtain an ethernet circuit, and we've been asked to price up some options.

> Personally I think this architecture would be needlessly complex
> and likely more expensive, but I need to know what kit would be needed before I can price it up.

> If anyone has any more general comments (e.g. "don't do it for reason
> X") I'd be interested to hear them.

> Cheers,
> Phil
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