[e-nsp] Extreme Summit 48i/si

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Vusi Ndebele wrote:

The 48i/si is fixed memory (128 megs). It'll take a full routing table 
with that memory but not multiple feeds.

Considering the text below, I beg to differ. We use ESRP and it has proven 
to work well. Make sure you have recent software though, don't run two 
year old images. 6.2.2b108 or later has proven very stable for us in an 
ISP environment.

> That's interesting, a bit worrying, but interesting none the less. Do
> you have any idea about the amount of memory in the box and max routing
> table entries for the purpose of running BGP on the box.
> 
> Vusi
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Ejay Hire 
>   To: Vusi Ndebele 
>   Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:18 AM
>   Subject: RE: [e-nsp] Extreme Summit 48i/si
> 
> 
>   Hi.  I've worked with both extreme and Cisco, and would like to offer
> an opinion.  I have never been happy with the extreme's ability to do
> redundancy (I.e. hsrp/vrrp) and/or have redundant connections to
> multiple switches.  They are very unstable in this configuration and
> Extreme support is quite clueless, even if you have a
> Beryllium-super-platinum service contract.
> 
>   -Ejay
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>   From: Vusi Ndebele [mailto:vusi at mandebele.com] 
>   Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:09 PM
>   To: extreme-nsp at puck.nether.net
>   Subject: [e-nsp] Extreme Summit 48i/si
> 
> 
>   Anybody know a good supplier of refurb extreme boxes. After reading the spec I would be happy to wave goodbye to some Cisco 2948G-L3's in favour of the Summit 48i/si. Also, does anybody haave an idea how much the full L3 upgrade costs.
> 
> 
>   Thanks in advance
> 
>   Vusi

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se