[c-nsp] Layer 3 Switch Requirement and Advice

[Richard J. Sears]

I am looking for a good Cisco L3 switch that can handle 3 iBGP sessions
and OSPF (two of the iBGP sessions to 7206VXR routers doing eBGP with a
backbone and pulling full tables). Not sure which of the lower end L3
switches would be able to carry enough ram for the tables and was
looking for anyone actually running something like this:

The idea would be:

                  
               ISP A       
                    |               
              eBGP       
                    |                 
                    |                  
|-----------RTR1    
|               |        \           
|               |          \
|               |            \
|               |              \
|          SW1----- SW2
|               |               /                
|               |             /         
|               |           /             
|               |         /                   
|-----------RTR2
                   |
                   |
               eBGP
                   |
                ISPB


RTR1 and RTR2 interconnected and running OSPF between them
RTR1 and SW1 Connected and running iBGP
RTR1 and SW2 Connected and running iBGP
RTR2 and SW1 Connected and running iBGP
RTR2 and SW2 Connected and running iBGP

SW1 and SW2 Connected and running OSPF/iBGP

Other downstream switches from SW1 and SW2 exist.



Thanks !!



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Richard J. Sears
CCNP/CCDP/F5SE