Juniper m7i and looking for valuable inputs/suggestions on network setup.
Now I am looking for suggestions on our network setup from our resident routing experts here (jsw6, haesu, mfjp, crnc, rusko, RackMy, etc). I would like to do BGP between several providers on our Equinix/SCS. Two of the providers (Internap and Peer1) will be picked from Telehouse and the third one (NAC) will be on Equinix. The metro transport from TH to EQ is done through GigE protected MAN. The hand-off of this GigE is MM fiber SX on both TH and EQ sides.
To keep cost low, the m7i with build in 2FE ports is what I am looking for, especially I wont need to push more than 100 Mbps for now. To keep cost low, I may not buy another PIC thus I may not do the BGP with NAC until later. However, NAC will definitely be added to the BGP mix. Here is what I think:
I currently have Extreme Summit 48i on both TH and EQ sides. The GigE is being connected to the GBIC port on the summits. On the EQ side, one FE port (WAN side) on the Juniper m7i will be connected after summit 48i. Basically the summit is just used as a media converter from GE to FE and it's straight Layer 2. The BGP routing (and any advance packet filtering/routing/forwarding) will be done by Juniper. The other FE port (LAN side) will then be connected back to the summit 48i where all the customers servers will be connected to.
Will this work?
One specifig requirement that I need is the ability to have some customers utilize only Internap bandwidth whereas some other customers will utilize the BGP mix. Is is possible to do this?
Your thoughts/inputs will greatly be appreciated.
