Hi George, thanks this is a good suggestion. We have SKUs with the base software and CER SKUs with -ADVPREM and CES SKUs with -L3PREM/-MEPREM, as well as individual software license SKUs for each router.
I will look over the product literature and see what we can do to clarify what is in each software package. Greg (works for Brocade) -- Greg Hankins <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:20 -0700 From: "George B." <[email protected]> To: Greg Hankins <[email protected]> Cc: foundry-nsp <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [f-nsp] mpls + bgp support on NI CES2K The feature licensing has pros and cons. If you need all of the features required, it is frustrating to have to buy the licenses. If you *don't* need all of those features, though, it is nice not to have to pay for them. Maybe Brocade could market two different configurations, a "full" configuration with all licenses and a "light" configuration with none of them with an a la carte list of additional upgrades available. That would allow people to purchase a fully licensed unit and not have to worry about being "nickled and dimed" with the various licenses while people needing only a subset of features can put together set of only the features they need. The problem is the way the literature is put together. It is difficult to get a grip on exactly what you need or if the CER can handle your needs. As for cannibalizing MLX sales, honestly, the way I think of the CER is as a miniature MLX. I think of it as a one slot MLX. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Greg Hankins <[email protected]>wrote: > Let me clarify the CES and CER architectures real quick. As Nick nicely > said, the fixed form factor routers are designed with feature scalability > and cost trade-offs to provide a lower port price vs. a modular chassis. > > The NPUs are merchant silicon, but each router also has an FPGA that > handles various control plane packets that need to be processed with > subsecond latency (for example, we are adding BFD hardware assist in 5.6). > > We hear your negative feedback about feature licensing. > > Greg > (works for Brocade) > (as a product management person) > > -- > Greg Hankins <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > foundry-nsp mailing list > [email protected] > http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6267 - Release Date: 04/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. _______________________________________________ foundry-nsp mailing list [email protected] http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp
