[c-nsp] recommended platform between Catalyst 3750 and 6500?

[Reuben Farrelly]

On 13/03/2006 12:28 a.m., Andrew wrote:
> Hello cisco-nsp'ers-
> So I'm currently running a Catalyst 3750 EMI doing (very) partial BGP
> to two ISPs.  By "partial," I really mean that I've got a primary
> provider who I'm receiving a default route from and a secondary
> provider whom I'm filtering prefixes from via route-maps.  I'm using
> the second provider for destinations where it has lower latency, while
> using the primary provider for everything else.  I'm currently
> accepting around 5000 prefixes (according to sh ip bgp sum), which is
> getting awfully close to the 8000 prefix limit (based on sh sdm pref).
>  That being said, I'm looking to upgrade to something between a 3750
> and a 6500 (I don't need *that* many ports).  Here are some of my
> desired features:

A 6503 doesn't have that many ports/slots... see

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6775/index.html

Just a supervisor + one other card might be ideal for you.

reuben