[c-nsp] Cat5000 and BGP

[Peter Salanki]

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I have done mls from a cisco 3620 to a 5500, works great.
MLS only does IPv4 (and IPX, he-he). IPv6/MPLS switching will be done  
in the router.

Cheers,
Peter Salanki
Bahnhof Internet AB (AS8473)

2 nov 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Lawrence Wong:

> Hi,
>
> --- Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de> wrote:
>
>
>>> Just a thought, considering that the RSM is
>>>
>> actually a
>>
>>> RSP2, would it be possible to use an external 7500
>>> series router (i.e. 7505 with RSP4) and trunk it
>>>
>> to
>>
>>> the Cat5k to do the same?
>>>
>>
>> Sure.  Just use any router with a FastE/Gbit
>> interface and trunk it to
>> the Cat5k.  No need to use a 7500, you could use a
>> 7200/NPE-G1 or
>> whatever fits the bandwidth needs.
>>
>>
>>> The Cat5k CatOS is able to perform MLS
>>> (multi-layer-switching) with the 7500, hence
>>> effectively getting the best of both worlds (more
>>> memory, IPv6 ,etc)?
>>>
>>
>> I've never done "external MLS" with a Cat5k (using
>> an external router,
>> and using MLS between Cat and external router).  In
>> theory, it should work,
>> yes...
>>
>
> Interesting. That could sure squeeze some life out of
> legacy systems. :D
>
> Has anyone tried before? Or for the matter tried more
> exquisite configs like MPLS, IPv6, etc on such a
> combi?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
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