[e-nsp] Using Extreme for BGP border router?

[Aaron Wendel]

We use Extreme BlackDiamonds in an ISP setting with full BGP tables.  Can
they do it?  Yes although Mikael can attest that our setup is kind of hacked
together. :)  If this is a new deployment I would check out Juniper for your
BGP speaking devices and fall back on Extreme for the internal stuff.

Aaron


-----Original Message-----
From: extreme-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:extreme-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mikael Abrahamsson
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:47 AM
To: extreme-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [e-nsp] Using Extreme for BGP border router?

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Swen Wulf wrote:

> I would be interested if anybody out here is using an Extreme Networks 
> box in an ISP environment and is using BGP with multiple peers. I wonder 
> how the argument goes with Cisco customers/peers and any other issues 
> that one might run into it.

Last I checked there was only one Extreme platform that could handle 
multiple full feeds, and that is the BD6800 with the MSM3, but then you 
get all the forwarding quirks of that platform, not recommended for new 
deployment.

I gave this feedback (no new platform being able to handle full routing 
table) to the product people a couple of years ago, so they know about it 
but I guess not enough Extreme customers use it for full BGP routing for 
this to be a priority.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se
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