The CER is basically a 1U MLX/XMR.
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, David Unfried <[email protected]>wrote: > Based on my first hand observation using a CER, the CER is FPGA based > > -----Original Message----- > From: foundry-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Jeff McAdams > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [f-nsp] mpls + bgp support on NI CES2K > > FWIW, I'm pretty sure neither the CES or CER are merchant silicon. In fact, > I'm pretty sure the forwarding plane on these guys are FPGA based. > > That being said, the CES does have less CAM than the CER does, sip that > does > limit scalability. Otherwise the difference is in the licensing model in > the control plane. > > I'll also say, my message to vendors is consistently that software feature > licenses are a negative mark when I'm considering gear. If Brocade/Foundry > people are listening, please take this message back to your product > management people. > > Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On 12/05/2013 16:16, Erich Hohermuth wrote: > >> In my opinion you either buy a cer if you need mpls layer3 or a MLX. > >> There are alot of caveats in the configuration and you have to read > >> the documentation really carefully cause some features are not > compatible. > >> The hardware is really limited in terms of routing instances (vrf). > > > >I don't expect a box like this to scale infinitely. It's merchant > >silicon and this comes with reasonably well understood scaling limitations > (e.g. > >routing instances, port buffers, LAG hashing, etc) - that's the > >trade-off for getting the port cost down from what you'd otherwise pay > >for bigger iron. It's just that as it stands, the box does not compete > >especially well with products from other vendors in terms of bang per > buck. > > > >Nick > > > >_______________________________________________ > >foundry-nsp mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > foundry-nsp mailing list > [email protected] > http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > foundry-nsp mailing list > [email protected] > http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp >
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