On 15 February 2018 at 20:55, David Farrell <d...@davidfarrell.ie> wrote:
> Hi UKNOF, > > Just wondering if anyone on list had looked at this and had any > experiences they'd care to share. > > I'm just starting to evaluate the options out there, for various reasons I > need NOS with a 'traditional' CLI that network engineers would be familiar > with as well as all the API bells and whistles. I've been leaning towards > IP Infusion's OcNOS, and have seen coverage of both LINX and BT evaluating > that. The context here is looking to transition from a old-school STP based > DC LAN towards EVPN w/ VXLAN and taking a look around to see what's > available alongside Juniper/Cisco offerings... Any experiences, positive or > negative would be be useful. I've been doing some research but thought I'd > ask the clueful here. > > After some time out in the wilderness, I look forward to seeing folks at > UKNOF 40 :) > > David. > We're doing 10G FTTP in various metros (through CityFibre dark/passive) using 48-port Trident-II pizzaboxes fully loaded with FlexOptix BiDi's for aggregation. Cumulus Linux on the control plane. You **really** need to be aware of the buffer limitations on whatever platform you deploy. We've moved the service ratelimiting down to CPE where we have a reasonable amount of buffer to play with but running the ports at 1G on Trident-II is a real no-no. Rich. Network Engineering Manager Exa Networks Ltd :: AS30740 richard.halfpe...@exa.net.uk
