[c-nsp] 7600 VRF and MPLS

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) <> wrote on Friday, May 12, 2006 4:59 PM:

> Jay Young <> wrote on Friday, May 12, 2006 4:22 PM:
>> Also will the VRFs be able to support multicast and IPv6. Cisco says
>> they can scale to 500 VRFs, how much salt should I take with this
>> number?
> 
> As far as I know, much depends on the number of routes in the VRF's
> and the overall number of Vlans on the router, but if you are just
> using it moderately, you should be fine.
> Actually:
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_shee
> t09186a0080159856.html mentions 700 VRFs with 350 routes/VRF.

sorry, missed the Multicast/IPv6 part:
- no L3VPN for IPv6 (6VPE)
- Multicast VPN (MVPN) is supported, but not sure about the # of vrfs (I
saw it being tested with 100 VRFs). please make sure to read the
restrictions in
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_configura
tion_guide_chapter09186a0080435615.html#wp1106925..

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