On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 06:34:03PM +0200, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote:
The 12.2SRE for RSP720 on 7600 is going to be available shortly and it will support 4B ASNs. It was communicated a number of times on cisco-nsp@ for those who subscribe it and did care.
But I see that conspiracy theory looks nicer.
Even if i guess everybody is aware this is thankfully coming at some stage, and i personally find the "shortly" definition late 2009 a bit disappointing, i find the point being another: In late 2006 it was more or less monumentally announced that the paths of the "switch" and the "router" were to get separate: the 6500 and >= SXH releases on one side, the 7600 and >= SRA releases on the other. Then i see 32-bit ASNs being kindly implemented on the "switch" first, in SXI - with SRD for the "router" being released roughly in parallel; and one can amuse himself by reading issues people stumble upon with SXI. OK, a fuck-up on the way - it can happen: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090729-bgp.shtml And finally, yes, 32-bit ASNs for the "router" will come: by the end of this year and on a new release: SRE. Which, re-phrased from an operator point of view, essentially means: a candidate release for a production deployment is not less than another 1 year away. And frankly pages like the one below, with no mention of plans for the 6500/7600 platforms whatsoever, are not encouraging at all: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6554/ps6599/dat... Cheers, Paolo