[c-nsp] High Availability PoP Design

[Aivars]

IOS for SUP32 is out and working. Have seen myself.

Aivars

Friday, November 4, 2005, 4:40:34 PM, you wrote:

KS> On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 08:34 +1000, David J. Hughes wrote:
>> Just a side note.  This issue isn't a problem if the routing devices
>> are L3 switches (several ports in a vlan, SVI being the L3 target).
>> Seeing as a 6503/Sup32 bundle is about 30% cheaper than a 7206/NPE-G1
>> bundle I imagine we may see more people deploying devices like this at
>> the border.  They are certainly better at handling DOS scenarios.
>> 
>> I had a "handy sup comparison" chart bookmarked but can't find it right
>> now.  I assume that the Sup32 can handle a full table?

KS> According to the Feature Navigator, they haven't released IOS for Sup32
KS> yet, but it is obviously planned.  I did, however, stumble across some
KS> literature on CCO on configuring Sup32 in 7600 with IOS.

KS> Yes, the Sup32 can (if it's running IOS) handle a full table, it's specs
KS> say 256,000 routes...does that mean it can handle 256,000 actual routes
KS> or 256,000 BGP table entries?

KS> The Sup32 does indeed look pretty nice, supporting MPLS, 10GE and if
KS> it's as affordable as a 7200/NPE-G1, it's a real option for a lot of
KS> scenerios.  I'm assuming making it do POS over STM-1 would mean buying
KS> FlexWAN, extra software licenses, etc., making it a lot more expensive
KS> than a 7200 doing the same?