[AusNOG] powerful routers in core/edge routing/switching

Dobbins, Roland rdobbins at arbor.net
Tue Feb 12 13:38:46 EST 2013


On Feb 12, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Ankit Agrawal wrote:

>  Nexus definitely overcomes the port density and slot limitation issues but I am not sure how it will handle the routing table even though its more powerful.

Routing table size isn't the issue - it's getting all the various features you need which go beyond what's considered 'normal' in a big switch.

ASR9K is probably your best bet, from a Cisco perspective.

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