[c-nsp] 12410 or 7690-S for BGP transits

[Phil Bedard]

Generally for BGP peering you don't need all the fancy features that  
the SIP-600 gives you, it's complete overkill.  You are better off  
just getting a 7600 with normal LAN linecards, otherwise your per-port  
cost is going to be enormous.

Phil

On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:00 AM, William Jackson wrote:

> Hi all
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> I am looking for a platform for the BGP peering edge of our network,
> this will have multiple full BGP tables and carry all our transit
> traffic.
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> We expect to have between 5-10 gbps of initial traffic capacity and
> expect to grow over the net couple of years.
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> We are all Ethernet based shop.
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> I am considering two options:
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> Option 1:
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> 12410 ( with 2 * PRP2 and SIP601 line cards ) running IOS XR
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> 7609-S ( with 2 * RSP720-3CXL and Sip-600 line cards )
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> The requirements are for:
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> Carrier grade equipment
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> High availability
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> ISSU, NSF and SSO
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> We require these devices to have as many high availability features as
> possible to provide as much of a "continuous operation" scenario as
> possible.
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> I heard that the new 720-3CXL has a very fast 100msec switchover  
> whilst
> the 12XXX was a lot slower to converge in a failure scenario??
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> Any recommendations and pointers of caveats etc to consider?
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> Many thanks
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