[c-nsp] Provider border box

[Konstantin Barinov]

Hi,

What about Sup32? It is a sweet piece of hardware, primarily because
of large buffers per port. Maybe there are some limitations I'm not
aware about?

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Konstantin Barinov
INFONET AS, Tallinn, Estonia


Saturday, November 25, 2006, 4:23:21 PM, you wrote:

GD> Hi,

GD> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 02:52:33PM +0200, Konstantin Barinov wrote:
>> I'm thinking about something with SUP720-3B(XL) as a new router.
>> Maybe community has other ideas? And of course price is important -
>> will be good to fit into $40-50K.

GD> Depending on the type and number of ports you need, 7604 + Sup720-3B/XL
GD> + "8 port GigE blade" would be a good start.

GD> You can then grow to 6724 (24x SFP GigE) or 6704 (4x 10 GigE) later on,
GD> if needed.

GD> We're quite happy with our 7600/Sup720 - they have "features" that one
GD> needs to be aware of ("no per-interface netflow", "global unique vlan
GD> number, unless SIP/OSM is used", "WAN modules are expensive", "no MAC
GD> accounting"), but if you can live with that, it's a fast and robust 
GD> box.

GD> gert