[c-nsp] edge router BGP

[Justin Shore]

Mark Tinka wrote:
> I was thinking more, ASR1000 series. Will do wire rate, has 
> a large enough control plane to handle multiple full tables 
> to customers, is the natural progression from the 7200-VXR 
> platform, e.t.c.

I second (third?) the ASR 1002 suggestion.  @ list price the 5Gbps ASR 
1002 is only a few $k more than the 7206VXR w/ the NPE-G2 or the 7201. 
It has 5x the backplane to boot plus it's hardware forwarding.  The only 
real downside IMHO is that the unit uses SPAs which require SmartNets 
per SPA (per license and per a lot of other things for that matter too). 
  Still it's a much better box for a little bit more up front.  I plan 
on replacing my 7206 border routers with ASR 1002 or 1004s when the time 
comes.

Justin