On Tue Jul 29, 2014 at 02:21:32AM +0000, Corey Touchet wrote: > Right now my thinking are MX480 or ASR9k platforms. Opinions on those are > equally welcome as alternatives, but I?d love to hear from those with > personal experiences today vs sales people trying to tell me it would route > the world :)
Or, protect your existing investment in 6500 and replace the SUP720 with the SUP2T. You can then deploy the WS-X6904-40G-XL blades which give you 4 * 40G or 16 * 10G on a 80G backplane (i.e. 2:1 oversubscription). I'm in the process of going through this upgrade at the moment and I'm happy with what I'm seeing. A lot depends on the total traffic throughput you're looking to switch/route. You can then look to migrate onto the 6880 chassis which gives you a faster backplane, whilst retaining compatibility with existing linecards. Simon
