[c-nsp] 7513 T3 Card Question

[Pete Templin]

Jon Lewis wrote:

> 7206's stuffed with PA-MC-T3 cards and a stack of M13 muxes.
> Other than general IOS stability issues, I don't see why using a spare 
> 7513 for this would be a bad idea.  We've tended to have less issues / 
> better reliability from our 7206's than from the 7500s we used to run.

As long as the 7206s didn't have full-table BGP, they'd be my preferred 
solution for T1 aggregation.  Our 7200s have been absolutely 
bulletproof, running continuously between software upgrades.  Our 7500s 
are touchy, though less finicky than in years past.  VIP memory errors 
seem to bite us every 2-3 months, but we're moving towards VIP4s with 
ECC memory and they've all been bulletproof since installation.  We have 
a few customers who beg/demand full-table BGP over their T1, so we'll 
likely move to 7206s for fractional T1 (full-table BGP not allowed) and 
GSRs for full T1, DS3, and OCx aggregation, thereby abandoning the 7500s 
completely as time/budget allows.

pt