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

[Ted Pelas Johansson]

> On 5 Mar 2025, at 06:45, Gert Doering via cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:
> 
> The 7280R2 is the old model - for a more fair comparison, have a look
> at the 7280R3K series.  Which, incidentially, has netflow :-)

If you look at purchasing 7280R3 and plan to use Netflow, you should definitely order the A-version with a more powerful control-plane, where you get 8 Cores instead of 4.

Look at model 7280SR3K-48YC8A, or if you don't need as many ports: 7280SR3K-40YC6.

Arista TAC and SEs are indeed good, but keep in mind that they are first and foremost a DC centric company, even though they are slowly moving into the SP space.

The downside with Arista, at this point, is that they lack a pay as you grow (PayG) model, which is a must for an SP.

/Ted