[c-nsp] Router recommendation for small ISP

Rens rens at autempspourmoi.be
Thu Feb 17 03:13:48 EST 2011


Anyone know the list price difference between the 1000 and 1002-f version?

-----Original Message-----
From: E. Versaevel [mailto:erik at infopact.nl] 
Sent: donderdag 17 februari 2011 9:05
To: Rens
Cc: 'Mounir Mohamed'; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Router recommendation for small ISP


ASR 1001 has several options as it has one general use single height SPA
slot
and next to that an OPTIONAL daughterboard with the interfaces mentioned.
(to bad we won't need POS ;))


Op 17-2-2011 8:43, Rens schreef:
> It's not even that old.
> 
>  
> 
> PS: you can also install SPA in asr1001 no?
> 
>  
> 
> From: mounir.mohamed at gmail.com [mailto:mounir.mohamed at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Mounir Mohamed
> Sent: donderdag 17 februari 2011 8:40
> To: Rens
> Cc: Josh Baird; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Router recommendation for small ISP
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Rens,
> 
> Actually there is no statement saying that but I believe this should be
the
> case soon, Cisco ASR1001 is a totally fixed device, it comes with a mixing
> of 4xGE/4xT3/2xPOS-OC3 SPAs which are not filed upgradable, meanwhile
Cisco
> 1002-Fixed gives you the option of installing a single SPA according to
your
> need, However this is the most used connection types that you might need
in
> such device.
> 
> In terms of resources and forwarding throughput Cisco ASR1001 comes with
> 2.5G and it is upgradable to 5G via software license whereas Cisco
> ASR1002-fixed supports 2.5 only, ASR1001 supports more memory up to 8G
> whereas 1002-F stops at 4G.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Rens <rens at autempspourmoi.be> wrote:
> 
> This ASR1001 makes the 1002-fixed a bit useless no?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mounir Mohamed
> Sent: donderdag 17 februari 2011 1:10
> To: Josh Baird
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Router recommendation for small ISP
> 
> For investment protection I recommend Cisco ASR1001, It is an ISP class
gear
> that allows you to add services as you grow without performance
degradation.
> 
> Check it out.
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10878/index.html
> 
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Josh Baird <joshbaird at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a router recommendation for a very small ISP.  The
>> router will terminate two ethernet circuits from two upstream ISPs - a
>> total of around 100mbit between the two ISPs.  The router will have a
>> BGP session with each provider and should be able to handle full
>> tables from both.  In addition, the router will play via iBGP with
>> other routers on my network.  Beyond that, I don't have many
>> requirements.
>>
>> The router will be uplinked to a 3560 (a "core" in this scenario).
>> I'm assuming that the router will need at least two FE interfaces for
>> upstream ISP connections, and one (or more) GB connections to uplink
>> to my 3560:
>>
>> <ISP 1>& <ISP 2> ===== [3845] ---- [3560]
>>
>> Firstly, is this how you would approach connectivity between the
>> router and the core?
>>
>> Secondly, I was thinking about a 3845 with 1GB of RAM for this
>> project.  Is this sufficient?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you may be able to give.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Josh
>>
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