I just had a presentation on this. Sounded like the ASR920 AKA Rebranded as the NCS4200 will be running the NCS Code. Sounded like same hardware.
Also thinking it's more of a product switch to fill out the NCS Product set. -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Pete Templin Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:09 AM To: Gert Doering; CiscoNSP List Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] NCS4200 - re-badged ASR920 / ASR900 ? Or the Nexus 5010 vs. UCS Fabric Interconnect debacle? I think there's one extra CPU/ASIC on the board of the FIs, and the paint color is different, but the code is different. On 4/25/17 4:24 AM, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:06:33AM +0000, CiscoNSP List wrote: >> If feature parity between the 2 are identical....It makes no sense? > Look at the history of the 6500/7600 split... > > Starting out with identical hardware, just differently coloured, sold > by different BUs. > > Then start differenciating - one BU builds a faster supervisor, and > adds a software check "if we detect that the other BU got the money > for this chassis, refuse to boot". The other BU starts adding nice > OS features that you really want (but are not supported on the *other* > chassis, then) and down the drain goes the journey. > > I ended up having 6500s, because we wanted IOS modularity (which > turned out to be no good, and was discontinued), and was lacking all > the newer > control-plane(!) features the 7600 IOS received after the split... > > > (cisco-nsp archives have lots of material on this) > > gert > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately by replying to this e-mail. You must destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
