Re: [c-nsp] ME3800X/ME3600X/ME3600X-24CX/ASR903/ASR901 Deployment Simplification Feedback

2013-07-25 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hi there Waris, We've got quite a few of the ME3600's deployed now, which we migrated to over and above a legacy 3750ME estate. The big point for us was to migrate to MPLS access rather than have any spanning tree knocking about in the Core. Favoured points from my team involves the ease of

Re: [c-nsp] Something for the weekend - a comedy film about networking...

2013-05-17 Thread Leigh Harrison
All, I can happily report that I watched the hour long version last night and it was great. I kept having laugh out loud moments whilst hoping that the hero would succeed. If you watch it, keep an eye out for Arpy Hour in the NBar! Great work and fantastic production! Leigh -Original

Re: [c-nsp] ME3600x L3VPN MPLS problems with 15.3.2S

2013-05-10 Thread Leigh Harrison
Evening all, We went to upgrade our estate to 15.3(2) last weekend, but after the first upgrade, we hit the same issue with being up able to ping directly connected CPE . Unable to get the management back up on the CPE, we rolled the change back out, reverting to 15.1(2)EY1a and all of our

Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-05-06 Thread Leigh Harrison
protocols in the network, all Ethernet and IP based running MPLS. Thanks to all who helped out and I hope this post helps other out. Leigh -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Leigh Harrison Sent: 29 April 2013 12:26 To: Adam Vitkovsky

[c-nsp] ME3600 Configuration advice

2013-05-01 Thread Leigh Harrison
- that would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Leigh Leigh Harrison, CCIE#15331 Head of Design Infrastructure -- Telephone:0121 711 5527 Mobile

[c-nsp] Spanning Tree Instances

2013-05-01 Thread Leigh Harrison
from the same fate... Leigh Leigh Harrison, CCIE#15331 Head of Design Infrastructure -- Telephone:0121 711 5527 Mobile: 07872 811

[c-nsp] ME3600 Configuration advice

2013-05-01 Thread Leigh Harrison
- that would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Leigh Leigh Harrison, CCIE#15331 Head of Design Infrastructure -- Telephone:0121 711 5527 Mobile

Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-04-29 Thread Leigh Harrison
We're running the latest on the ME3600 as it's only just gone in. It's running 15.3(2)S. L From: Fredrik Vöcks [mailto:fredrik.vo...@bredband2.se] Sent: 28 April 2013 20:45 To: Leigh Harrison Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-04-29 Thread Leigh Harrison
) [mailto:wa...@cisco.com] Sent: 29 April 2013 07:59 To: Leigh Harrison Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net; Vinod Kumar Balasubramanyam (vinbalas) Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600 Leigh, Vinod will review the configuration and will get back to you. Best Regards, [http

Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-04-29 Thread Leigh Harrison
enable ! mdt data 239.0.1.0/24 threshold 10 mdt default ipv4 239.0.0.1 interface all enable Leigh -Original Message- From: Adam Vitkovsky [mailto:adam.vitkov...@swan.sk] Sent: 29 April 2013 11:26 To: Leigh Harrison; 'Waris Sagheer (waris)' Cc: 'Vinod Kumar Balasubramanyam

Re: [c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-04-28 Thread Leigh Harrison
by reply email and delete all copies of this message. For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html From: Leigh Harrison lharri...@convergencegroup.co.ukmailto:lharri...@convergencegroup.co.uk Date: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:25 AM

[c-nsp] Multicasting with MDT between ASR9K and ME3600

2013-04-26 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hello folks, We're going through setting up multicasting in our network between some core ASR9K's and some edge ME3600's. The underlying multicasting is implemented and working well, but we're having some trouble in getting the vrf's working correctly for multicasting. Would someone be able

Re: [c-nsp] Config template utility?

2013-04-18 Thread Leigh Harrison
We wrote our own with a bit of perl and later web enabled it. L -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jimbo Jones Sent: 17 April 2013 11:18 To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Config template utility? Hi, Looking for any

[c-nsp] ME3600X MTU Notes

2011-07-15 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hello Group, Regarding the issue we had with MTU sizes, we implemented a change last night which looks to have cleared the problem. Layout is like this: Server --- L3 switch --- ME3600X --mpls-- 3750ME --L2-- Fortigate --- Internet MTU sizes were as follows: Server --- L3 switch - 1500 L3

Re: [c-nsp] Suspect MTU Issues

2011-07-13 Thread Leigh Harrison
This discussion brings me neatly onto my follow on question then:- On the ME3600X switches they will allow me to set interface mtu of up to 9800 bytes. Some of my team are arguing that we only need 1548, some are saying 1600. We've got dark fibre, so should we be going for the maximum mtu

[c-nsp] Suspect MTU Issues

2011-07-12 Thread Leigh Harrison
All, I have inherited a network which I feel is having MTU issues, but I cannot be sure and would like a second opinion. There is a legacy layer 2 network which has had an mpls network built over it. A link between two of the data centres is a dark fibre between two Cisco 3750E switches

[c-nsp] Is a 6500 still the best choice?

2011-04-26 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hello Folks, We're looking to start aggregating more and more 10G links at both Layer 2 and Layer 3 and we're at the point where we need more kit. Main feature we use is MPLS and we need 10G port density, so I'm looking towards an ASR 9000, but then as we need Layer 2 services, I'm swayed

Re: [c-nsp] Cases to lock a switch -- physical layer protection?

2011-04-20 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hi Trevor, Check out these co-lo racks:- http://data-centres.comms-express.com/colocation-server-cabinets.php They've got several compartments in the same racks which means that you can interconnect, but not touch the kit. LH -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] New Joiner - ME3600X and tools

2011-03-30 Thread Leigh Harrison
PM, Leigh Harrison wrote: Thanks for the feedback, and yeah, I agree that a lack of IPv6 support is slack. We're seeing a keen interest from various customers at the moment. Has anyone got any happy stories about the ME3600X?!?? LH -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun

Re: [c-nsp] Power Consumption OID

2011-03-28 Thread Leigh Harrison
Hi there, Check out MIB Depot: http://www.mibdepot.com/ Or you can use some SMNP tools to walk (browse) what's available an various kit. I prefer net-snmp (http://www.net-snmp.org), but GetIF is pretty good for Windows (http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm) LH -Original Message-

Re: [c-nsp] New Joiner - ME3600X and tools

2011-03-28 Thread Leigh Harrison
Thanks for the feedback, and yeah, I agree that a lack of IPv6 support is slack. We're seeing a keen interest from various customers at the moment. Has anyone got any happy stories about the ME3600X?!?? LH -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net