[193390] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP Route Reflector - Route Server, Router, etc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Fri Jan 13 22:46:32 2017
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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:46:24 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Justin Krejci <JKrejci@usinternet.com>
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> Scaling in this context is simply adding more and more routers and
> needing/wanting to avoid configuring full mesh iBGP due to the
> administrative burden of maintaining the growing size of full mesh
> topology. In one particular network in question, I have 11 routers
> fully meshed and need to add several more over the coming 6-12 months,
> possibly adding as many as 10 more routers in that time span. I'd
> prefer not to continue doing full mesh.
if those numbers were x 10 or more, 'scaling' becomes a concern.
the way to add to an ibgp mesh or any other topology, including those
with rrs, is automation.
> As for 7206VXR with NPE-G1 or G2 cards, we have many sitting in a
> decommissioned state on shelves
i suspect there is a reason.
randy
