Re: Cisco 7600 (7609) as a core BGP router.

Core typically references functionality, not the number of network devices at that layer. tv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard A Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net> To: "Bailey Stephen" <Stephen.Bailey@uk.fujitsu.com> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 8:46 AM Subject: Re: Cisco 7600 (7609) as a core BGP router.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 02:22:22PM +0100, Bailey Stephen wrote:

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I previously ran a single 7609 with dual Sup720's as a Core Internet BGP Router, running OSPF & iBGP

It's hard to classify a single router as a "core", don't you think?

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