Am Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:25:32 +0200 schrieb Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> * N.J. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 19:28]: > > I have two servers that I would like to setup to run OpenBGPD for our > > border routers. > > > > I need to find a supported PCIe (not PCI-X) fiber card that runs > > multi-mode and a supported PCIe (not PCI-X) fiber card that runs > > single-mode. (One of our providers is coming to us with mm, the other > > with sm.) > > > > A dual port card is preferable, but we will take single port cards if > > those are the only ones available. > > > > Any recommendations? The supported cards page on the OpenBSD site only > > lists PCI-X cards. > > i have some pcie-ems, there are pcie-bnxs, and certainly others. fibre > limits your options. i usually terminate wan fibres on a switch and use > copper or plain sx (really just copper these days) to the routers - has > the disadvantage that you don't see link state changes directly, has > the advantage of added flexibility and just connecting two machines for > redundancy reasons (details differ a lot depending on environment). > > that said, it shouldn't be too hard to find a pcie-sx card. lx could > get hairy. > > Just one question. If you terminate the wan fibre on a switch and put a redundant router behind it, the switch himself turns out to be a single point of failure, right? Or do you have a second uplink which terminates on a second switch which is also connected to the same carp router? Joerg. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s]
