[c-nsp] Cisco 10k?

[Jason Berenson]

Considering it would be replacing 3 7206's right off the bat, is it 
still going to take much more power then the 7206's?

-Jason

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Jason Berenson wrote:
>> Can you elaborate on that a bit? 
>
> I believe he might be referring to the power consumption.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar
>
>> e ninja wrote:
>>> c10k is a beast. You're better of with the VXRs.
>>>
>>> /eninja
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Jason Berenson <jason at pins.net 
>>> <mailto:jason at pins.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Greetings,
>>>
>>>     We currently have 3 7206VXRs with NPE-300's in them.  Adding 
>>> PA-MC-T3
>>>     cards for DS1 edge connectivity at $3800/port is starting to get
>>>     really
>>>     unbearable.  So I started to look at the Cisco 10k and noticed
>>>     that an 8
>>>     port channelized DS3 card turns out to be around $1800/port.  I've
>>>     done
>>>     a lot of research on the 10k and am interested in migrating away 
>>> from
>>>     the 7206's.
>>>
>>>     I'd like to use the 10k as our core edge router, it would need 
>>> to run
>>>     QoS, VRFs, OSPF, BGP, vlans (would expect that), connectivity 
>>> for TLS
>>>     customers and eventually DS1 channelized OCx ports to connect to 
>>> our
>>>     Turin DAX so we can move away from copper and towards the light 
>>> so to
>>>     speak.  :)
>>>
>>>     If anyone could give me input on their experience with the 10k as
>>>     a 7206
>>>     replacement as well as any input on models of the PREs that I
>>>     should be
>>>     looking at and models on different cards like channelized DS3 
>>> and OCx
>>>     cards I would greatly appreciate it.  I'd most likely go with 48V
>>>     power
>>>     since we already have a distribution system in place.
>>>
>>>     The more information the better, I'd like to start looking at 
>>> ebay for
>>>     parts and get a pitch setup for the higher-ups.  Any
>>>     input/experience on
>>>     the feasibility of selling off the VXRs and expensive DS3 cards
>>>     would be
>>>     good too.  I'd also like to hear what people would expect me to be
>>>     paying for each of the components needed to put together a fully
>>>     functional 10k.