[c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with 4900M

2010-12-23 Thread Jeff Bacon
> Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:05:25 + > From: Holemans Wim > To: "cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net" > Subject: [c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with > 4900M > > Based on the price, it seems we best opt to replace the 6506- > E/Sup32 w

Re: [c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with 4900M

2010-12-23 Thread Pavel Skovajsa
It is very interesting that a 2:1 8 port 10G X2 card is $37500 for C6509 and $7500 for 4900M (+ has the ability to use Twingig). So I would say if don't need the extension capacity of C6506-E go for something smaller like 4900M. Also if you will only need 2x10G in the future you also might explore

Re: [c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with 4900M

2010-12-23 Thread Keegan Holley
I don't think you can do the 1G distribution on the 4900M without converting the 10G interfaces back to dual 1G. I have heard from others on the list that this severely limits your queue sizes but. Ymmv. Beating the multi-vendor drum this is a perfect use for the juniper ex4200 series. I have

Re: [c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with 4900M

2010-12-23 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 02:05:25PM +, Holemans Wim wrote: > Now we are thinking about connecting both routers to each other on each > campus with a 10G connection. As the Sup32 don't have a 10G yet, we have > multiple options to do so. > We can add a 10G board to the chassis, replace the

[c-nsp] 10G for 6506-E with Sup32-8Gb or replace with 4900M

2010-12-23 Thread Holemans Wim
We have 3 campus with on each campus a 6506-E/Sup720-10G as 'master router' and a 6506/E-Sup32-8gbit as backup router, in a HSRP config. In each router we also have GBIC boards to connect the different buildings. These Sup32 routers also act as L2 concentrator for part of each campus. Now we a