[c-nsp] 6509 w/WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2 vs 72xx/NPE-G2

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:17:31PM -0500, TCIS List Acct wrote:
> 6509 w/WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2's and the FlexWan module for the DS-3 and OC-3 PA's. 
> Pricing for the 6509 in this config seems to be comparable or less than a -G2, 
> so I was looking for any pros/cons to the two different platforms.  We will be 
> taking full BGP feeds, running CEF, and have a few small ACLs, nothing fancy.

MSFC2 and "full BGP" is something very much limited - max. 256 k routes,
half that if you have uRPF (which is a very much recommended thing to do).

gert
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