[F10-nsp] Thoughts on Force10??

[Brendan Mannella]

This was exactly my initial concern. I read on their website that their default CAM profile allowed for 256k routes. But what happens when full routes reach 320k? So i guess it makes sense to gear their dual CAM cards since it allows for larger limits. 

Brendan Mannella 
TeraSwitch Networks Inc. 


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From: "Jo Rhett" <jrhett at svcolo.com> 
To: "Brendan Mannella" <bmannella at teraswitch.com> 
Cc: force10-nsp at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:49:05 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York 
Subject: Re: [F10-nsp] Thoughts on Force10?? 

We have several E300s in exactly the same environment but with more 
transit providers.  We've been very happy with them. 

You *must* get v7 software, as the v6 code isn't suitable for BGP 
peering.  You should use the 320k CAM profile. 

If you want IPv6, you'll need to get the dual-CAM cards. 

Brendan Mannella wrote: 
> I am looking to consolidate my 2 juniper m7i's and Foundry BigIron 4000's into a E300 and was hoping to hear what users thought of thei r equipment, in particular their E series. I would be using it to connect my 3 transit providers speaking BGP and accepting full routes as well as it acting as the gateway router for all of my customer VLANs. 
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> Brendan Mannella 
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Jo Rhett 
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