[c-nsp] Replacing an obsoleted Nortel/Bay BCN

[Dave Temkin]

A pair of 3845's should be able to get you the features you want (voice,
etc.) with the density you need (fully loaded you can get 32 T1's in the
box)

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David Temkin

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Network Fortius wrote:

> I need to replace an over-aged Bay BCN, which terminates right now
> all our WAN connections (10 full T1s and some fractional ones - data
> part + a PRI for ISDN backup) with a new router. "Behind" the Bay
> (its ethernet interface into the main campus network), I have two
> 6509s in HSRP mode (core and server connectivity), then a bunch of
> 4000s connected to the 6509s (access). The replacement router will
> have to be able to handle roughly 24 T1s (I am moving from an "active-
> on-demand" ISDN, nowadays totally insufficient, to multi-vendor,
> multi-T1s per location - all active, and with failover capability
> from one to the other, of course). Part of the T1s will still carry
> voice and data, for which I plan to use something like DI VWICs (to
> move away from the now independent CSU/DSU that do the data and voice
> splitting before the Bay). The router should also be able to support
> VoIP.
>
> Having said all of the above, I was wondering what kind of gear you
> would recommend to start looking into. Our Cisco rep is leaning
> toward a 6506/9, but to me it "looks awkward" to having to front end
> a pair of 6509s with yet another one. I was thinking more of a "pure"
> router, but I am not sure which ones would fit the requirements for
> multi-serial interfaces like I have. Pointers to [RTF]D(ocs) or [RTF]L
> (inks) would be mostly appreciated, as I would definitely have to do
> my homework, with a little direction ;)
>
> TIA,
> Stef
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