[c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route

Brian Turnbow brian.turnbow at cdlan.it
Tue Mar 4 16:09:28 UTC 2025


Hi,

Others have good advice on the available cisco boxes.
If you do decide to evaluate other vendors , Arista has a shorter learning
curve than Juniper (coming from cisco land  that is ) and the 7280R  family
new/refurbed would suit you well.

Brian



Il giorno mar 4 mar 2025 alle ore 15:40 Pengembara T. via cisco-nsp <
cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> ha scritto:

> Dear all,
>
> Looks like the requirements is not complete :
>
> 10g interface : ~ 5 ports.
>
> Throughput : ~ 20 - 50Gbps if possible.
>
> Budget : the boss did not mention budget yet. I need to propose the options
> available then select the cheapest which meets the requirements.
>
> Our concern more toward CPU utilization when handling bgp. Cpu will
> constantly high, long before the throughput hit 10G.
>
> Thx.
>
> On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Christophe LUCAS <christophe at clucas.fr> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just be careful if you use it on IX : 8201-24H8FH have a ARP/ND
> limitation
> > to 4000 entries.
> >
> > Regards,
> > ---------------------------------------
> > Christophe Lucas
> > +33(0)7.81.97.96.81
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> > ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Ted Pelas Johansson via cisco-nsp" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> > À: "Pengembara T." <pengembaratemporer at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "cisco-nsp" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> > Envoyé: Mardi 4 Mars 2025 12:10:07
> > Objet: Re: [c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route
> >
> > I would recommend Cisco 8000, like 8201-24H8FH w/o knowing more about
> your
> > requirements.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Ted
> >
> > > On 4 Mar 2025, at 16:27, Pengembara T. via cisco-nsp <
> > cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am looking for recommendations on a Cisco model that meets the
> > > following requirements:
> > >
> > > - Supports 4 BGP peers (both eBGP and iBGP), each with a full BGP
> > > table for IPv4 and IPv6
> > > - Smallest possible physical size (2U max if possible)
> > > - Prefer perpetual license
> > > - Relatively stable CPU usage, preferably ≤50% for most of the time
> > > while handling this BGP load
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
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