Guys, thanx for the all the recommendations, I find them all insightful and will consider them all.
thanx again -Mike j On 7/2/08, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 July 2008 23:34:42 Mike Johnson wrote: > > > How am I able to utilize thousands of devices in a flat > > IGP domain? I thought > > only a couple hundred is recommended before deploying > > multiple areas. > > Our school of thought has always been, build scalability > from the beginning even though you only have 2 routers in > the network, i.e.: > > * support BGP peer groups or peer session templates from > day one. > > * support route reflectors from day one. > > * support multi-area/multi-level IGP designs from day one. > > * support Loopbacks in the IGP and prefixes in iBGP from > day one. > > One never knows when the network is going to explode - it > saves you a lot of hassle and potential re-design, down the > line. > > Probably the same reason most folk will buy a router/switch > with full flash/memory from day one, even when it probably > won't have BGP from the onset. > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
