[c-nsp] 6500/7600 with Sup720 opinion

[David J. Hughes]

> Hmm - this makes me rethink... I was just about to order a 
> 6506+SUP2/MSFC2
> as an edge router (6 full tables, necessary max. throughput without 
> impact
> on the box 8 Gbps @ 10-20 Mpps (CEF/dCEF)).
>
> I thought the platform was ideal for this, so what's the problem with
> 76/65 IOS versions?

Basic IPv4 functionality (i.e. BGP, OSPF, netflow, acl) is rock solid 
on this platform.  There are some horrible IOS bugs but the only ones 
that have caused us issues is when we've tried something more 
"adventurous".  Haven't used 65xx in an MPLS environment or with v6, or 
NSF, or SSO etc etc and I'm sure there's issues down those lines.  But, 
for basic routing/switching, it's a great platform.


David
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