[nsp] Colo DC setup

[Michael Lyngbøl]

On 08.12.2003 18:54:46 +0000, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > BTW I got another mail saying putting BGP on the 6500 might not be a
> > brilliant idea ;-) (if I got it right).
> > Any comments on this? Should I put additional routers in front for our
> > upstreams/peeering?
> 
> If you can do all your peering based on Ethernet connections, 6500
> with Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 or better can be *very* good for BGP peering.
> We're very happy with our 6509s used for just this purpose. We have
> several full and partial views on each 6500.

How many iBGP and eBGP peers? I've haven't had the time to beat our
testnet 7609 (Sup2 et al), but I wouldn't trust it as a full loaded
peering box.

> Note that Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 with full routing tables no longer work
> with uRPF due to the size of the routing tables.

Sad as uRPF, strict or loose, are nice features.

/Michael

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Michael Lyngbøl -- michael at lyngbol dot dk
Network Architect, AS3292 TDC, IP·backbone