[c-nsp] Route Reflector Design

[Mike Johnson]

Guys,

thanx for the all the recommendations, I find them all insightful and will
consider them all.

thanx again

-Mike j



On 7/2/08, Mark Tinka <mtinka at globaltransit.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 02 July 2008 23:34:42 Mike Johnson wrote:
>
> > How am I able to utilize thousands of devices in a flat
> > IGP domain? I thought
> > only a couple hundred is recommended before deploying
> > multiple areas.
>
> Our school of thought has always been, build scalability
> from the beginning even though you only have 2 routers in
> the network, i.e.:
>
> * support BGP peer groups or peer session templates from
> day one.
>
> * support route reflectors from day one.
>
> * support multi-area/multi-level IGP designs from day one.
>
> * support Loopbacks in the IGP and prefixes in iBGP from
> day one.
>
> One never knows when the network is going to explode - it
> saves you a lot of hassle and potential re-design, down the
> line.
>
> Probably the same reason most folk will buy a router/switch
> with full flash/memory from day one, even when it probably
> won't have BGP from the onset.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
>