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

[Adam Armstrong]

Yeah, and be aware that the more things you put on a device, the more 
likely it is to die.

I've heard some scary things about the NAT-PT implementation on cisco 
kit, it's apparently very very slow and a bit unstable.

Make sure you don't mind if all of the services on that device go down 
because of NAT-PT (i'm assuming this is *not* the case with BGP-RR!)

adam.
> 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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