For the lists benefit, there is a 6 X 10GBE option for the ASR1000 series it seems. No idea on pricing though.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/application-networking-services/wide-area-application-services-waas-software/data-sheet-c78-729778.pdf Cheers, Mark On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19/May/15 20:46, Ray Soucy wrote: >> >> An ASR1K might do the trick, but more likely than not you're looking at an >> ASR9K if you want full tables; I don't have any experience with the 1K >> personally so I can't speak to that. The ASR 9K is a really great platform >> and is what we use for BGP here, but it's pretty much the opposite of cheap. > > The ASR1000 is a very good box, but I tend to prefer them for low-speed > services, which are generally non-Ethernet in nature, e.g., downstream > customers coming in via SDH. > > They do support 10Gbps ports, but that is a 1-port SPA; and the most you > can have in today's SIP's (carrier cards) would be 4x 1-port SPA's. So > not very dense. > > Their forwarding planes start at 2.5Gbps (fixed) all the way to 200Gbps > (13-slot chassis). But you're more likely to run out of high-speed ports > before you stress a 200Gbps forwarding plane on that chassis. > > So if the applications are purely Ethernet, I'd not consider the > ASR1000. But if there is a mix-and-match for Ethernet and non-Ethernet > ports, it's the perfect box. That and the MX104. > > Mark. -- Regards, Mark L. Tees
