In simple terms (and I apologise if this is fixed in Sup2T, as most of my experience has been on the Sup720), with the 6500/6800 platform, you can only do port-to-port or subint-to-subint VPWS, but not port-to-subint (which you can on the more capable boxes, or with the ES cards on the 6500/6800).
Simon On Thu Nov 27, 2014 at 11:05:18AM +0000, R LAS wrote: > Hi Simon > can you detail more "ASR9k can be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807" ? > > Regards > > > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:26:55 +0000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR vs 6807 > > > > On Thu Nov 27, 2014 at 10:18:41AM +0000, R LAS wrote: > > > Discussing a new architecture of DCI (Data Center Interconnection), Cisco > > > raccomends both ASR9k and 6807. The architecture requested by the > > > customer > > > forecast MPLS/VPLS supported by DCI. > > > > > > From pricing point of view there is a quite big difference (win 6807), > > > from > > > feature point of view Cisco says the difference is "only" the number of > > > mac-addresses supported and the sw modularity. > > > > > > Can anybody help in digging more the "technical" difference ? > > > > I'm going through much the same at the moment, and settling on 6807, largely > > from a price perspective. > > > > ASR9k is (today) a more capable box for routing - particularly if you want > > higher bandwidths. ASR9k has 100G ports today. 6807 only has 40G. ASR9k can > > be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807. > > > > 6807 has a lot of potential (880G per slot), but it's not supported by > > either > > Supervisors or Linecards that are available today (current limit is > > 80G/slot). > > > > Simon > -- Simon Lockhart | * Server Co-location * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director | * Domain & Web Hosting * Connectivity * Consultancy * Bogons Ltd | * http://www.bogons.net/ * Email: [email protected] * _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
