Do you need redundant control plane cards? That's usually what pushes a device beyond the 2RU point. If you do you could look at the ASR9004 or MX240,those are above your 2RU limit though.
The PTX1000 or QFX10K or even the QFX5100 might work fine. You aren't going to find deep buffers in those boxes though. Brocade may also be an option. Phil -----Original Message----- From: "Ben Cornish" <b...@overthewire.com.au> Sent: 8/7/2015 9:13 PM To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Super Core Hardware suggestions Hey All We are looking for suggestions for a device to act as a super Core Device / MPLS P router only. There seems to be plenty of Chassis based solutions out there that also cater for a lot more. We ideally would like a 1RU or 2RU device - Handling MPLS / IGP only * Ideally 16 to 48 ports of 10Gig - SFP * Non-blocking line rate capable on all ports. * MPLS / OSPF /BFD / ISIS / RSVP-TE capably. * Deep buffers on the ports would also be nice * With a possible option of 40Gig uplinks.. Thanks
