[137821] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Switch with 10 Gig and GRE support in hardware.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Newsom)
Sun Feb 20 01:19:54 2011
From: Matt Newsom <matt.newsom@RACKSPACE.COM>
To: "Michael K. Smith - Adhost" <mksmith@adhost.com>, NANOG list
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:19:32 +0000
In-Reply-To: <C985EEE1.14E92%mksmith@adhost.com>
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The 4900M doesn't do GRE in hardware.
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From: Michael K. Smith - Adhost [mailto:mksmith@adhost.com]=20
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 12:06 AM
To: Matt Newsom; NANOG list
Subject: Re: Switch with 10 Gig and GRE support in hardware.
Potentially the Cisco 4900M. I can't find specifically about the GRE
support however. My google-fu just finds discussion about v4 to v6
tunnels in software. The chassis has 8 built-in ports and two expansion
modules that can each do another 4 TenG ports in a not-oversubscribed
configuration.
Mike
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On 2/18/11 6:30 AM, "Matt Newsom" <matt.newsom@rackspace.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a switch with a minimum of 12 X 10GE
>ports on it, that can has routing protocol support and can do GRE in
>hardware. Does anyone have a suggestion that might fit. Keep in mind I am
>looking for something in the 1-2U range and not a chassis.
>
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