[193363] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP Route Reflector - Route Server, Router, etc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Bensley)
Thu Jan 12 18:05:54 2017
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From: James Bensley <jwbensley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:59:21 +0000
To: =?UTF-8?B?TkFOT0cg4oCOW25hbm9nQG5hbm9nLm9yZ13igI4=?= <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 12 January 2017 at 20:32, Justin Krejci <JKrejci@usinternet.com> wrote:
> . I have not found many resources discussing using a non-router box as a =
route reflector (ie a device not necessarily in the forwarding path of the =
through traffic). I am thinking things like OpenBGPd and BIRD could make a =
good route reflector though they are most often discussed in the context of=
IXPs (ie eBGP sessions).
The CSR1000v (IOS-XE),IOS-XRv and vMX are production ready. People are
deploying these in production and its increasing in popularity.
Mark Tinka gave a good preso at a recent Nanog:
https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/2_Tinka_21st_Century_iBGP_Route_R=
eflection.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DwLEjOj2fyp8&list=3DPLO8DR5ZGla8hcpeEDSBNP=
E5OrZf70iXZg&index=3D21
Cheers,
James.
