[c-nsp] c7604 "starter kit"

Rubens Kuhl Jr. rubensk at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 13:01:53 EDT 2008


>  You might also look at ASR1k as next-gen PE to replace VXR. 7600 has
> limitation in hardware, especially in terms of IPv6 (no IPv6 uRPF, lookup
> key size has compromises in ACL usage and others). When you compare
> 7600 with SIP/SPA, ASR1k is even cheaper solution and much more flexible.
>  One thing to notice is that ASR1k does not currently have EoMPLS support
> in any software, but other than that, all generally used features
> are supported.
>  If I'd need non-ethernet interfaces, vlan local signifance or HQoS and
> I wouldn't need EoMPLS, I'd definitely go with ASR1k rather than 7600.

Can an ASR1k handle 3 full-routing transit feeds and a hundred peers ?
Would it require ESP5 or ESP10 ?
On the MPLS side, beside EoMPLS, can it do MPLS L3 VPN and MPLS-TE ?


Rubens


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