On 5/4/20 6:11 AM, Nick Edwards wrote:
Thanks for suggestion, as per previous, how easy it to configure? It needs to be understood by laymen if possible, i'm no layman, but im no carrier grade networking guru either, most my setups are 300 odd users, where the gateway and dslam method is cost feasible, but not when your looking at the numbers of this project - hence reason for my post:)
I've not used Calix gear, but the Adtran TA5000 supports a Cisco-like CLI. It can also be provisioned entirely using SNMP, if that's more to your liking, and in fact that is how Adtran's in-house provisioning suite works. It also has some TL1 support if you really must...
The CLI has some necessary deviations from Cisco IOS, of course, as almost all "industry standard" CLIs do, but you can probably pick it up pretty quickly.
If you buy new/prime gear directly from an authorized Adtran disty you also get their provisioning and monitoring suite (AOE) "free" as long as you maintain a support contract (which isn't particularly expensive). It's kinda blah (and Flash-based, but I'm told that's changing by the end of the year...) but does work.
-- Brandon Martin
