[c-nsp] Router recommendation

[Rick Kunkel]

I've had (on and off-list) recommendations for the NPE-G2.  I also forgot 
to specify what NPE I have now.  I have the NPE-G1 now, and we had 
considered staying with it, but I thought I remember seeing somewhere on 
this list (with a link to a site published by Cisco that listed various 
routers and their theoretical packet or bit limits) something that 
indicated to me that the NPE-G1 wasn't gonna cut it.  It was a while ago 
though, and I may have misread it.  Perhaps I mistook packets per second 
for bits per second.

Is the NPE-G1 possibly good enough for what I'll be throwing at it?  If 
not, is the NPE-G2 a substantial step up?  Also, is it possible for me to 
simply purchase a NPE-G2 and swap it with the NPE-G1 that I already have 
in my 7206VXR chassis?

Thanks!

Rick

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Rodney Dunn wrote:

> Rick,
> 
> I don't work in the BB agg space a lot but it sounds to me
> like your options would be:
> 
> 72xx with the new NPE-G2
> 
> or either a 10k box. I've worked on a 10k box handling over 25k sessions
> running well over a gig before.
> 
> I'm sure others with them in deployment can give you some references.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 05:36:43PM -0700, Rick Kunkel wrote:
> > Heya folks... I'm pretty dim on the upper lever Cisco gear, and we're in
> > the market for something burlier than the 7206 we've currently got.  I
> > need some suggestions for products...
> > 
> > The requirements:
> > 
> > 1. We're terminating a DSL Aggregation DS-3, so there must be an
> > electrical and/or optical DS-3 module available for it.
> > 
> > 2.  At least 3 GigEthernet ports, either somewhat built-in or in modules.
> > 
> > 3.  Capable of handling at least 3 full BGP routing tables.
> > 
> > 4.  Must be able to do operating-system-wise everything that our current
> > 7206 does, like "atm route-bridged ip" stuff and 802.1Q.  (I have a
> > feeling this is kind of a "it goes without saying" type of requirement,
> > but I wanted to be clear...)
> > 
> > 5.  Able to route/switch about 1Gbps from the various internet facing
> > interfaces to the various internal facing interfaces.  (I'm sure this is
> > not a simple answer, but unfortunately, that's about all I've got to go on
> > right now.)
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Rick Kunkel
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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