[c-nsp] 3550 Switch and BGP

[Pete Templin]

Chris Moore wrote:

> As far as BGP goes, all I'll be doing is advertising a subnet or two and
> getting just default routes or perhaps directly connected routes from
> the providers. A pair Cisco 3550s with EMI should be able to handle
> this, right? I would guess it probably wouldn't handle receiving the
> full routing table? I get a lot of conflicting advise on how to size a
> router/switch for BGP. 

I think they top out at 16k routes, so full tables are IMPOSSIBLE.  Be 
sure to explore the "sdm prefer" command to adjust the tables to the 
most appropriate values.

I've got two in my lab, but haven't put them to the test yet.

pt