> > The NCS500x is a dumb, dumb switch. > > > > Its a cheap and fast-tracked Trident II+ implementation in IOS-XR. > > Which sounds extremely tempting, TBH :-) - sane OS, fast hardware.
I see your point, but just because its IOS-XR doesn't mean its 9k-like IOS-XR. You can choose (today) between 2 IOS-XR releases on CCO, and there is not a single SMU available. You have to live - at least for now - with things like: CSCux63407 Handle un-supported feature gracefully CSCuv28141 Rollback fails if a ACL modify fails due to TCAM exhaustion Not very XR like behavior, despite the CLI. > Have you evaluated it as a "limited table" IPv4/IPv6 router (like, a few > 1000 internal routes, no full BGP stuff)? I find it tempting... I didn't evaluate the platform any further, because I simply did not find it mature enough. I filed it under "to check out in 2 years". Its like the ASR920 or the ME3600 when it first launched; if lots of people report bugs and and the BU's spends some time fixing them, sooner or later you will have a usable product. Otherwise ... not so much. > ASR920 is lighter version of ASR900 in terms of ASIC/TCAM and buffers Don't know what you mean be "lighter". ASR900 is a family with different RSP generations and different platforms, so its hard to make a comparison. > ASR920 and ASR900 have same control-plane, same features ASR920 is equivalent to the A900-RSP2. Lukas _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
