Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-03-20 Thread ML-NANOG-Stefan-Jakob
Hi Mark, Mark Tinka schrieb am So., 28. Feb. 2016 07:13: > > > On 3/Feb/16 09:58, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > > Typically the features that fall by the wayside first are: reasonable > > port buffers, qos knobs and decent lag/ecmp hashing support for mpls > > packets. > > Cisco, in general, are suff

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-03-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Mar/16 20:14, ML-NANOG-Stefan-Jakob wrote: > > Do yo have more details what's wrong with the XR platform? > > Which hardware do we talk about and which XR version is your statement > applying? Well, as it turns out, I just found out and confirmed that since IOS XE 3.12S and later, Cisco i

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Tinka
On 6/Feb/16 23:41, Josh Reynolds wrote: > Newer, more expensive, more bugs. 4500 is cheap on the secondary market. The EX4600 is actually just a shy cheaper than the EX4550. We are looking at it not because the EX4550 is a bad box, but because Juniper are focusing development on the EX4600 inst

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/Feb/16 09:58, Nick Hilliard wrote: > Typically the features that fall by the wayside first are: reasonable > port buffers, qos knobs and decent lag/ecmp hashing support for mpls > packets. Cisco, in general, are suffering here, i.e., QoS on LAG's. IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR suffer massively.

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Feb/16 23:03, David Bass wrote: > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a Cisco > ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this space? > > Need a full MPLS stack. . Cisco ASR920 - an evolution of the ME3600X, cheaper, more featured and simpl

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread Mike Hammett
meron Ferdinands" , nanog@nanog.org Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 3:41:50 PM Subject: Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge Newer, more expensive, more bugs. 4500 is cheap on the secondary market. On Feb 6, 2016 3:38 PM, "David Bass" wrote: > Yeah, on the list

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread Josh Reynolds
> Depending on your interpretation of full MPLS stack, you can look into >> the >> > Brocade CES. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message- >> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread David Bass
; > >> > >> > >> > -Original Message- >> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass >> > Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM >> > To: nanog@nanog.org >> > Subject: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge >> > >> > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a >> > Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this >> > space? >> > >> > Need a full MPLS stack. >> >

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread Josh Reynolds
an look into > the > > Brocade CES. > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass > > Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Low d

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread David Bass
ook into the >> Brocade CES. >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass >> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Low density Juniper (or

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-06 Thread Cameron Ferdinands
Bass > Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge > > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a > Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this space? > > Need a full MPLS stack. >

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-03 Thread Shawn L
We use the Accedian Metro Nid in places. They work well, but are layer 2 only -- at least the ones we got. -Original Message- From: "Colton Conor" Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 9:34am To: "Nick Hilliard" Cc: "NANOG" Subject: Re: Low density

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-03 Thread Colton Conor
I see Cisco and Juniper mentioned here, but what about all the smart NID companies out there? I found these of MEF list: Accedian, Altera, BTI Systems, Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN ), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO ), Cyan, FibroLAN, H

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Nick Hilliard
David Bass wrote: > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a > Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this > space? > > Need a full MPLS stack. Before choosing a box, you need to figure out: - how many ports you need, and of what speed - how

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread David Bass
Thanks to all that have replied! Yes, I just started looking at the ASR9xx series of routers as well...seems like a likely alternative if we go with Cisco. > On Feb 2, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Jérôme Nicolle wrote: > > Hi David, > > Le 02/02/2016 22:03, David Bass a écrit : >> Looking to see what o

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Jérôme Nicolle
Le 02/02/2016 23:38, Colton Conor a écrit : > We use some of the 7360's, but not the Mikrotik. Why not use ALU's CPE > devices if using the 7360? I'd use ALU's ONTs (there's now a SFP GPON stick available too) or RGWs on the client side, the Mikrotik here is the PE router, because ALU's FANT-F

RE: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Dan Spataro
Depending on your interpretation of full MPLS stack, you can look into the Brocade CES. -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Low density Juniper (or alternative

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Colton Conor
Jerome, We use some of the 7360's, but not the Mikrotik. Why not use ALU's CPE devices if using the 7360? On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Jérôme Nicolle wrote: > Hi David, > > Le 02/02/2016 22:03, David Bass a écrit : > > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a > C

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Baldur Norddahl
Hi, The ZTE 5900E series has a full MPLS stack and is solid hardware. Much cheaper than Cisco and Juniper. http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/products/bearer/data_communication/ethernet_switch/201309/t20130917_405917.html Regards, Baldur On 2 February 2016 at 22:03, David Bass wrote: > Looking to s

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Nick Hilliard
David Bass wrote: > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a > Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this > space? > > Need a full MPLS stack. Features, speed, price: choose 2. Wait, you said MPLS: choose 1.5. Nick

Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread Jérôme Nicolle
Hi David, Le 02/02/2016 22:03, David Bass a écrit : > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a Cisco > ME3600X? I'd rather use the ASR920, the ME3600X is too deep to fit in some PoPs. It also has a higher 10G port count. Alternatively, on low cost deployments, I use

Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge

2016-02-02 Thread David Bass
Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this space? Need a full MPLS stack.