> 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.
And all those different ASR900s with different RSPs have totally different features? Is there a reasonable slide to show the major differences? Sounds painful to figure it out. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Lukas Tribus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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/
