[c-nsp] Best Practices for connecting MPLS core to Internet?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 08:48:39PM +0800, Mark Tinka wrote:
> > 1x 7204 VXR NPE-G2 in a colo somewhere as MPLS P/PE
> > (P-router except for a single EoMPLS)
> 
> Get a 7206 chassis, the price difference with the smaller 
> cousin is nothing to worry about, unless you have space 
> constraints.

JFTR, the 7206 and 7204 have the same footprint.  The -04 just has two
slots bolted over with metal plates and a different eeprom (and some 
series even had the backplane connectors there).

> Think of route reflectors too. 7201's help a lot, are cheap, 
> small and will crunch a full table faster than a SUP720.

... now the 7201 / 7301 are indeed much smaller.

gert
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