[173631] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Upgrade Path Options from 6500 SUP720-3BXL for Edge Routing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John van Oppen)
Tue Jul 29 19:31:18 2014
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From: John van Oppen <jvanoppen@spectrumnet.us>
To: 'Simon Lockhart' <simon@slimey.org>, Corey Touchet
<corey.touchet@corp.totalserversolutions.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:28:26 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20140729225635.GA26520@virtual.bogons.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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We gave up and went to ASR9ks but that that was also a pretty big budget up=
grade...
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Simon Lockhart
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:57 PM
To: Corey Touchet
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Upgrade Path Options from 6500 SUP720-3BXL for Edge Routing
On Tue Jul 29, 2014 at 02:21:32AM +0000, Corey Touchet wrote:
> Right now my thinking are MX480 or ASR9k platforms. Opinions on those=20
> are equally welcome as alternatives, but I?d love to hear from those=20
> with personal experiences today vs sales people trying to tell me it=20
> would route the world :)
Or, protect your existing investment in 6500 and replace the SUP720 with th=
e SUP2T. You can then deploy the WS-X6904-40G-XL blades which give you 4 * =
40G or 16 * 10G on a 80G backplane (i.e. 2:1 oversubscription). I'm in the =
process of going through this upgrade at the moment and I'm happy with what=
I'm seeing.
A lot depends on the total traffic throughput you're looking to switch/rout=
e.
You can then look to migrate onto the 6880 chassis which gives you a faster=
backplane, whilst retaining compatibility with existing linecards.
Simon
