[c-nsp] BFD bug in IOS SXF6

[Jared Mauch]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 02:19:41PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 06:24:03PM +0000, kevin gannon wrote:
> > Is this not what the QNX based IOS-XR brings us ?
> 
> Sure, and all you have to do is wait until 2009 (and then replace all of 
> your existing 6500/7600s with something new) to get it. The reality is 
> that Cisco doesn't want to undercut the GSR/CRS1 any more than is 
> necessary to sell the 6500/7600 to enterprises and non-bankrupt ISPs. 
> Keeping the RP CPU underpowered, the IOS scheduler po0rr, and the policy 
> functionality weak is a great way to do that, which is why there is no 
> rush to get XR on the 6500/7600.
> 
> Personally I wish there was a sensible way to offload BGP from those boxes 
> completely, since it is really their weakest area (and biggest CPU suck) 
> by far. Quite a few people use external cheap and beefy-cpu J-series 
> Juniper's as internal route reflectors, but there is no good replacement 
> for the directly connected eBGP liveness tests (plus good luck getting 
> large networks to configure anything resembling ebgp-multihop :P).

	there is, you could use the device as a switch and use something
with a 10G/multi 10GE interface w/ vlans to handle it, the problem is as
always, is cost.  It's cheaper to build stuff with the sup720/65xx than
pay more for something that is a "real" router.

	- jared

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