[c-nsp] Replacing a 7513

[Hank Nussbacher]

At 01:26 AM 11-01-06 -0600, Hyunseog Ryu wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>You may want to look at Cisco 7600 router series.

If you want to reuse your existing PA cards beware of the Enhanced Flexwans 
that allow the slotting in of those PAs into a 7600.  We have so far had to 
RMA 10 of them.

-Hank

>Cisco is already trying to put Cisco 7300 router series to replace Cisco
>7200VXR stuffs.
>Cisco 7200VXR can be used for a while if you use NPE-G1, but there are
>limitations such as slot capacity, and bandwidth limitation from GigE.
>I believe you can not use true Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth from built-in
>GE ports.
>  From my experience, when you use ATM hardware, I see more problems from
>IOS.
>So if I were you, I will avoid to use ATM IMA. You can use MLPPP or MFR
>instead.
>
>Hyun
>
>John Neiberger wrote:
> > I've got a 7513 that really isn't doing much and we're going to have to
> > replace it soon, potentially very soon since it is beginning to have
> > some hardware problems. I'm going to need a router that can handle an
> > 8-port ATM IMA PA and two PA-T3+ (or a single PA-2T3+). I'll probably
> > need a couple of fast ethernet interfaces or a gigabit ethernet
> > interface, but other than that it doesn't need to do much.
> >
> > Any thoughts? Should I just go with 7204VXR or should I look at
> > something newer? If we want a solution that's going to be with us for
> > 5-7 more years, should I look to a 7600-series router instead of the
> > 7204VXR, or do you think the 7200VXR stuff is going to be around for a
> > while?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
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