[c-nsp] Sup32 capacity

[Jared Mauch]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:08:51AM +0200, Elmar K. Bins wrote:
> Re Affan,
> 
> affanzbasalamah at gmail.com (Affan Basalamah) wrote:
> 
> > but I would like to know in your experience whether Sup32 is enough if
> > I operate it to do :
> > 
> > - 2 link 155 Mbps, 4 link E1
> > - 7 bgp peer, 3 of them has 30000 routes, the rest is only hundreds routes
> > 
> > I just love Sup32 to provide free 8 SFP port to do aggregation in my
> > NOC without adding more module on 7603 chassis.
> 
> On paper, it's much more than you need. I'd expect it to work a bit
> further than your current needs, which is good (you don't have to
> replace it so quickly).

	Keep in mind the following:

	You will need to upgrade to SUP720-3BXL to do full routes in the
future.

	You will not have access to the fabric so future upgrades
to 10G or other cards will require SUP upgrade as well and may
require power upgrades too.

	- Jared

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