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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>The key requirements of this equipment is a blend of upstream transit providers, all hand off’ s will be Ethernet either fiber or copper and the 6500 on paper gives me a stupidly large port count for almost any 10/100/1000 copper or fiber ports, with even the option for 10gbit plus large cost effective performance.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>I’m not too concerned about security (firewall<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>deep inspection) within this device as I want it purely for speed / routing / BGP downstream, but netflow and having control of packets is equally as important so maybe the 6500 platform might not be the best.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>On the security side I’m considering a pair of Juniper SRX 3600 if they prove to be stable.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Thanks<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Alex<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<BR> <BR>> From: rdobbins@arbor.net<BR>> To: ausnog@ausnog.net<BR>> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:21:49 +0000<BR>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cisco 6500 with Sup 720 3BXL - Good routing platform ??<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Sep 19, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > What do you actually need to do?<BR>> <BR>> We should keep in mind that there are baseline requirements for every edge device, which includes things like good flow telemetry, good antispoofing, good packet-filtering capabilities, good control- and management-plane self-protection, et. al.<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com><BR>> <BR>> Sell your computer and buy a guitar.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> AusNOG mailing list<BR>> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<BR>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<BR> </body>
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