[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[Peter Lothberg]

> Ian Cox wrote:
> > At 08:48 AM 1/29/2008 -0600, Justin Shore wrote:
> >> Tim Stevenson wrote:
> >> > At 10:18 PM 1/28/2008 -0600, mack observed:
> >> >> No mention of MPLS though which gives the CRS-1 a leg up on the
> >> >> backbone routing market.
> >> >
> >> > NO MPLS (though the h/w is capable). No immediate plans for it either.
> >>
> >> This would be a show-stopper for us in our Data Center.  We have to have
> >> MPLS support for MPLS VPN.
> > 
> > Nexus 7000 supports VRFs for IPv4 and IPv6, so you can still use VRFs to 
> > separate traffic between customers. You just do not have MPLS. You can 
> > have VRFs supported without having MPLS.
> 
> Yes, if we're talking about VRF-Lite.  What about multichassis VRF 
> support or VRFs in diverse geographic locations (ie data centers in 
> different locations for DR purposes)?  Doesn't that require MPLS VPN 
> support?  VRF-Lite is great but it's very limiting.  I can think of a 
> whole host of situations where VRF-Lite just can't cut it.  Our DC is 
> small but even in that environment I don't have a use for VRF-Lite.  I 
> hate to think of what new scenarios the big DC players bring to the 
> table that require MPLS VPN features.  Of course if you're that big you 
> can afford to home-run your 7000s to 6509s to get the missing L3 
> features.  That's not an option for us I'm afraid.

How about using IP?



-P