[j-nsp] Virtual route reflector physical layout

Mark Tinka mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Fri May 6 13:04:33 EDT 2016



On 6/May/16 18:52, raf wrote:

>
> Wow such a debate here. I have no core switch and unfortunately not so
> much free port on my routers. (and is not going to change)
> My topologies is multi pop, but with a classical design, edge routers,
> core router, and aggregation routers (RR clients).
> I have some port on edge, and aggregation routers, but not on core
> router which are my preferred placement...

A core switch does not have to be a monster. It can be any capable
device (mostly from a port bandwidth perspective) provided you deploy two.

On the cheap end, I like the Juniper EX4550 and EX4600. On the Cisco
side, the 4500-X is also nice.

These are cheap, 1U switches with multi-rate 1Gbps/10Gbps ports. Ideal
for cheap core switching.

If you have a few ports left on your core routers, and you can spare
some small cash for these switches, I'd rather do that.

Price them up, you might be surprised.

Mark.


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