Yes. I've been looking at it and a 7505 with a 3550 behind it seems the way to go for our type of operation.
As a cost cutting alternative - has anyone played with the 2900 XL series using sub interfaces to turn them into virtual router ports ? or vlan groups ? Is it better to just buy a 3550 ? Alexander Hagen Etheric Networks Incorporated, A California Corporation 527 Sixth Street No 371261 Montara CA 94037 Main Line: (650)-728-3375 Direct Line: (650) 728-3086 Cell: (650) 740-0650 (Does not work at our office in Montara) Home: (Emgcy or weekends) 650-728-5820 fax: (650) 240-1750 http://www.etheric.net -----Original Message----- From: Mikael Abrahamsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 5:09 AM To: Alexander Hagen Cc: 'Robert E. Seastrom'; 'Tom (UnitedLayer)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cisco Router best for full BGP on a sub 5K bidget 7500 7200 or other vendor ? On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Alexander Hagen wrote: > 1) Catalyst 6006 w/ CATALYST 6000 SUPERVISOR ENGINE 1-A, 2GE, PLUS MSFC > & PFC Yuck. Unless you have very few flows you do not want to use MSFC1/PFC1. This platform would be good for a file server with few but highspeed flows. > This system costs somewhere around 1300.00 more than a: > Cisco 7505 w RSP4 256 Plus (2) VIP 2-50/128 and 3 PA-FE-TX > > Obviously the Catalyst is a better unit. But will it be as "burned in" > and robust as the venerable 7505 ? The 7505 will probably handle lots of flows massively better than the SUP1A. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]