[c-nsp] Cat 6000

[Tim Stevenson]

At 08:47 AM 4/25/2006, Tim Stevenson pronounced:
>At 07:54 AM 4/25/2006, W. Kevin Hunt pronounced:
>>I have the Sup1A2G w/ PFC / MSFC2 card in another box not being utilized
>>that I can just replace w/ a Sup1a(no pfc/msfc),
>
>I think you are asking the opposite, right? Ie, you would replace 
>the sup1a/no pfc with the sup1a/MSFC2? No problems there.
>
>Will let others comment on their experiences w/sup1a & multiple BGP 
>feeds, you gotta work w/what you've got but I'd obviously recommend 
>sup2 or sup720 myself.
>
>WRT the TCAMs etc, sup1a is a flow based system, not FIB based, and 
>as such it is the CPU & DRAM really that dictates the scalability, not TCAM.

I should qualify that with "... the scalability in terms of # of 
routes". There are 128K netflow entries (32K "effective") in the h/w 
and this most definitely is a consideration in terms of flow 
scalability, this is one reason the FIB model is superior.

Tim


>Tim
>
>
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>>and I do understand
>>this is EOL.  I am just wanting something that can operate quietly and
>>run 2 IBGP session to each of my borders, terminate a few client BGP
>>sessions and one BGP session to a provider (I can cut down those routes
>>and just take a default).  This way if the New Orleans portion of my
>>ring goes down, the folks connected to the ring with the Cat6k will
>>still have communication with the outside world.
>>
>>--
>>W. Kevin Hunt
>>
>>"There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand
>>binary and those that do not."
>>
>>Tim Stevenson wrote:
>> > At 05:15 AM 4/25/2006, W. Kevin Hunt pronounced:
>> >> I have a 12k and an M40 at our border taking 5 full BGP feeds.  We want
>> >> to add another border router capable of an OC3 or DS3 feed in another
>> >> city for disaster prepardness purposes (We are in New Orleans and are
>> >> getting ready for the next hurricane season).
>> >> I have a Cat 6k, can I just add a MSFC2 w/ 512megs of RAM/PFC to my
>> >> Sup1A and a flexwan module to pick up the ds3 or oc3?
>> >
>> > Only if there is already an MSFC (1) on it, Sup1A is NOT field
>> > upgradeable from sup1a/(EARL4) or sup1a/PFC to MSFC2. Also note that
>> > Sup1A is EOS.
>> >
>> > Tim
>> >
>> >> I have no experience w/ the MSFC2 or flexwan module so if there are any
>> >> gotcha's I'd like to know, but it'd sure be nice to use something in my
>> >> closet as opposed to buying another 12k or M5.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> W. Kevin Hunt
>> >>
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>> > Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
>> > Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
>> > Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
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>Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
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>Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
IP Phone: 408-526-6759
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