Route reflector/server appliance for access router aggregation

Tue Jul 13 14:06:09 UTC 2010

On the subject of route reflection, I've run into a few people happy with
Quaggo or openBGPd on intel hardware. You can throw a 1U box together with
dual PSUs, a bunch of ram, and SSD/CF disks for far less than a C or J setup
and won't be wasting money on ASICs you aren't using. If I recall correctly
this is  what Any2 was using when I spoke to them some years ago, but
perhaps someone here can offer more specifics.

-Jack Carrozzo

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Eric Morin <EricMo at barrettxplore.com>wrote:

> Hi
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> I working on a solution to offload my current internet facing, and soon
> to be backbone, routers from terminating IBGP sessions from aggregation
> network routers. I currently have 4948s (pizza box version of the
> cat4500) in place, mostly bridging traffic, but some routing (OSPF,
> couple dozen SVIs with HSRP). The 4948s surpasses all solution
> requirements (I think) except when it comes to scaling the number of BGP
> sessions to 80-100. The obvious solution is to replace with a much
> larger platform (ASR1k, etc), which I am consider as an option but
> capital is the killer. A more economical idea is to pair the 4948s with
> a route reflector or server. I am looking for recommendations on
> platforms that I should consider. I have seen the presentation from
> NANOG48 on open source route server applications (Thanks!), and I am
> considering a home grown solution, but I want to also consider any other
> commercial appliances that we can drop in (with some lab work of course)
> and buy support services on. I looked at a Vyatta appliance (2500 looks
> good, but single power supply is disappointing). At each PoP I would
> plan on having two reflectors/servers clustered, each paired with one
> 4948. I have 7206 NPE-G2s coming out of service in the future that could
> perhaps be used, but the timing wont work.
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> If anyone has a recommendation on a platform, or general criticism of
> the idea, please advise. Feedback, positive or negative, is always
> welcome.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Eric RR Morin
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