[c-nsp] 3550 Switch and BGP

[Chris Moore]

Thanks for all the replies, fellas.

Looks like the 3550s will get the job done for me. 

Chris 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristofer Sigurdsson [mailto:ks at rhi.hi.is] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:09 AM
To: Peter Hicks
Cc: Chris Moore; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 3550 Switch and BGP

Peter Hicks, Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 05:00:10PM +0000 :
> Hi Chris
> 
> 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.
> 
> Last time I looked, the 3550s couldn't do BGP even with EMI.  They can 
> do the lower-end protocols - EIGRP, OSPF and RIP (does anyone still 
> use
> this?) but not BGP.  I think you'll need a proper router rather than 
> L3 switch.

3550's with EMI can do BGP (and yes, I, for one use OSPF and I'm quite happy with it).  However, as others have noted, 3550's max out in 16k routes (or 12k with the lower end 3550's).

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Kristófer Sigurðsson         | Tel: +354 525 4103 / MSN: ks at rhi.hi.is
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