Re: ASR9K question please...not sure if this is OT or not...but

Rob thanks alot! I didn't know about this Ethernet-service thing , however i
did see it on the command line earlier today and wondered what it was

 I'll read that link

Aaron

On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Rob Laidlaw <laidlaw_at_consecro.com> wrote:

> I have had to do something similair on the ASR1K series. You have to use
the Carrier Ethernet services to create a virtual layer 2 switch. The 9K
supports it but you may have to upgrade code if yours doesn't have it. Here
is the config guide:
>
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/asr9000/software/asr9k_r3.9/lxvpn/con
figuration/guide/lesc39ethi.html
>
> Its similar to deploying VPLS in a Service Provider environment, but it
works locally too.
>
> GL
>
> -Rob
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Aaron <aaron1_at_gvtc.com> wrote:
> I have a SP Video architecture (CATV/VoD/PPV type thing) in place, testing,
> and operational to some extent using 4506 and 4503 on both ends..
>
>
>
> Digital Content Managers (DCM's) are putting out mcast video.
239dot..mcast
> groups.
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>
>
> Mcast listeners/IGMP joiners, are Video and Audio Edge Modulators and
> GQAMs.. (y'all may have heard of some of this SciAtl (Scientific Atlanta)
> product line, I believe acquired by cisco about 2 years ago)
>
>
>
> .hang in there, I'll get to my networking question.
>
>
>
> 4500's are doing EIGRP and PIM-SM to allow for support of the above end
> equipment..also, the edge mods and GQAMs are group in vlan's with SVI's
> inside the 4500's where I route this subnets, handle igmp joins, etc
>
>
>
> We are upgrading our 4500's to ASR9K's..9006 on one end and 9010 on the
> other end..
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>
>
> Guess what I found out today..$100K later..the ASR is naturally a router.
> Not able to simply drop it in place of the 4500's as I've stated above, the
> 4500's are doing L2 and L3 combined. ASR doesn't naturally do that, as I
> now understand it to be like a 2500 (old), or 3660, 7206vxr, 3825, 7513,
> etc,etc..you get my point, pure router. Not like 3550,3560,6500,7600.
>
>
>
> What do y'all think about my making the ASR9K's fit into the current
> architecture of my existing 4500's by using IRB/bridge groups, and routing
> the irb interfaces much like I have the vlans and svi's in my current
> 4500's? any cautions? This seem ok to y'all?
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>
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> I'll take any advice I can get
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>
>
> Aaron
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>
> p.s. I heard today that IOS XR 4.1 supports IRB
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> p.s.s. I'm new to ASRs, I'm new to IOS XR, I'm not that experienced with
> IRB. IRB/CRB was something I messed with about 10 years ago for something
I
> hardly recall.
>
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