[c-nsp] ASR vs 6807

[R LAS]

DCs are 40 km away...

QFX5100 is the competitor, but on the DC-LAN, not on the DCI....

> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR vs 6807
> From: andrew at 2sheds.de
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:39:03 +1100
> CC: simon at slimey.org; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> To: dim0sal at hotmail.com
> 
> The 6800 is a l3 switch. The ASR9k is a full blown router.
>  
> If you need to connect to non Ethernet circuits you will need a router. If you want real qos you will need a router.
> 
> How far are the DCs apart?
> 
> Inter dc l2 is never a great idea if it can be avoided.
> 
> You may also want to look at the qfx51000
> 
> Sent from a mobile device
> 
> > On 27 Nov 2014, at 22:05, R LAS <dim0sal at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Simon
> > can you detail more "ASR9k can be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807" ?
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> >> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:26:55 +0000
> >> From: simon at slimey.org
> >> To: dim0sal at hotmail.com
> >> CC: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> >> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR vs 6807
> >> 
> >>> On Thu Nov 27, 2014 at 10:18:41AM +0000, R LAS wrote:
> >>> Discussing a new architecture of DCI (Data Center Interconnection), Cisco
> >>> raccomends both ASR9k and 6807.  The architecture requested by the customer
> >>> forecast MPLS/VPLS supported by DCI.
> >>> 
> >>> From pricing point of view there is a quite big difference (win 6807), from
> >>> feature point of view Cisco says the difference is "only" the number of
> >>> mac-addresses supported and the sw modularity.
> >>> 
> >>> Can anybody help in digging more the "technical" difference ?
> >> 
> >> I'm going through much the same at the moment, and settling on 6807, largely
> >> from a price perspective.
> >> 
> >> ASR9k is (today) a more capable box for routing - particularly if you want
> >> higher bandwidths. ASR9k has 100G ports today. 6807 only has 40G. ASR9k can
> >> be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807.
> >> 
> >> 6807 has a lot of potential (880G per slot), but it's not supported by either
> >> Supervisors or Linecards that are available today (current limit is 80G/slot).
> >> 
> >> Simon
> >                         
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