[c-nsp] Can the PE router take on multiple roles?

[Rodney Dunn]

It would work fine. Watch the CPU and memory to gauge scalability
as you grow.


Rodney

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 03:34:48PM +1000, Andy Saykao wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> We have a few spare 7301's out the back and I was thinking of using one
> of them to be a NAT-PE router. No biggie with doing this but I was
> wondering if the NAT-PE router could also take on other roles which
> would be beneficial in a MPLS VPN environment such as using it to act as
> a SSL VPN Gateway for remote access. Could the same unit also be used to
> act as a Route Reflector to reflect VPNv4 routes? Or am I putting too
> much load on the router and/or putting all my eggs in one basket? 
>  
> At present, we don't have many MPLS VPN customers yet but the hope is to
> make things scalable so we can grow comfortable as the number of VPN
> customers grow.
>  
> In summary, is it a good idea to use the 7301 to preform the following
> roles:
>  
> - NAT-PE / Internet Gateway
> - SSL VPN Gateway
> - BGP Route Reflector
>  
> Ideas, comments, personal experiences, etc most welcomed.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Andy
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