Upgrade Path Options from 6500 SUP720-3BXL for Edge Routing
Mark Tinka
mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Wed Jul 30 13:40:28 UTC 2014
On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 03:06:55 PM Jimmy Hess wrote:
> I would generally suggest you look at it as a long term
> decision, at least before jumping to the next
> incremental (modest increase) on the upgrade treadmill.
> It depends on whether the 6500 is still a perfect match
> for your network other than the prefix limit. Your
> vendor should think of your equipment as an "investment"
> to be protected, by exploiting your feelings of loss
> aversion, but the upgrade treadmill is a trap.....
> next thing you know, you will have to replace the
> chassis, then you will need new linecards......
Next up the road are the 6800's.
Essentially SUP-2T's, so you get software parity Day One,
but still the same supervisor module.
We are running 6880's (which are the fixed SUP-2T's, but
with modular line cards), but only a core switching (Layer 2
Ethernet) role. Great port density since the 10Gbps ports
are now SFP+, but oversubscribed line cards 2:1, since each
slot is 80Gbps, but the line card comes with 16x 10Gbps
ports. You can disable oversubscription and go into
performance mode, which disables half the ports on the line
card - we do that.
IP-/MPLS-wise, whatever you can do on the 6500 you can do on
the 6800, but I can't say for sure as we're running them as
switches.
That said, if your goal is IP, just consider the ASR9000,
MX, and whatever else other vendors can do in this space.
Mark.
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