[c-nsp] Router recommendation

[Arie Vayner (avayner)]

Rick,

NPE-G1 should be able to handle most of what you need. I say most and
not all just because of performance not being assured, as it really
varies as you turn more and more features.
I would suggest that you start using it, and get a better understanding
of the CPU usage profile you get with your specific application. It is
very easy to upgrade to NPE-G2, or just add another router (I would
recommend the later, as it would be more scalable - just using building
blocks).
Be sure you have enough memory for the BGP feeds and PPP sessions -
these are memory hungry applications. I would recommend a minimum of
512M and you might even consider 1G...

Arie 

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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Rick Kunkel
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 08:07 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Router recommendation

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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