[AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6

[Chris Jones]

You can get a full routing table on some layer 3 switches but they generally don’t fit in the 1RU footprint specified (the venerable cisco 65xx/68xx series comes to mind…)

Chris

> On 5 Aug 2016, at 9:43 AM, Ben Hohnke <settra+ausnog at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Most (if not all) layer 3 switches won't accept a full routing table, even if you reconfig the forwarding profile - i think the max you'll get on any of them is around 256k routes. 
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> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:28 AM James Braunegg <james.braunegg at micron21.com <mailto:james.braunegg at micron21.com>> wrote:
> Do you really need routing capacity of 10 x 10 gbit ports ?
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> If not you could use a Brocade CER RT (1RU router) with 4 x 10 gbits and lag the 4 ports into a 48 port 10 gbit switch…. However that’s still 2RU of space
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> You could also look at cumulusnetworks.com <http://cumulusnetworks.com/> on a Layer 3 switch, but not sure how that would go with a full routing table.
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> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of Matthew Barnett
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> Subject: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6
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> I am after suggestions for a 10G router with at least 10 x 10G ports within a 1RU form factor, any suggestions?
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> Full routing table is a must.
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> Thanks Matt
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