[nsp] GEIP+ and GBIC-ZX

[Manolo Hernandez]

The GSRs no matter what line card are not worth the time or effort. I am
a big fan of Juniper and Foundry. 

On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 13:47, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote:
> 
> The pps spec of the GEIP+ may be achieved turning off ACLs and NetFlow...
> which makes your router a very fast sitting duck on hostile networks.
> 
> The only reason I see for buying GEIP+ cards is such a shortage of money
> that makes you take bad investment decisions in order to survive. Cisco GSRs
> with only Engine-3 or the 10-port GigE line-cards and Juniper M-series are
> the ways to go in backbone/wan environments;  Cisco 7600, Juniper M and
> Foundry with JetCores are more suitable choices  for datacenter/metro
> environments.
> 
> 
> Rubesn
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manolo Hernandez" <manolo@dialtone.com>
> To: "German Martinez" <gmartine@mafalda.opentransit.net>
> Cc: "Hank Nussbacher" <hank@att.net.il>; <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [nsp] GEIP+ and GBIC-ZX
> 
> 
> | We are experiencing several issues with the GEIP+ cards. The most
> | important one is that they do not reach no where near the pps cisco
> | specifies. They seem to be as tempermental as the ones on the GSRs. In
> | my opinion you are better off leaving cisco and going with Juniper or
> | Foundry.
> |
> | On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 10:23, German Martinez wrote:
> | > I'd like to hear as well about the GEIP+ cards.
> | > Anybody experiencing any kind of issues with those linecards ?
> | >
> | > We intent to put two of them in a single Cisco 7513.
> | >
> | > Thanks
> | > German
> | >
> | > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> | >
> | > > Running 12.0(21)S2 on two routers - a 7507 and a 7513.  GEIP+ with
> GBIC-ZX
> | > > installed in each.
> | > >
> | > > On 1 router we get:
> | > > Interface GigabitEthernet0/0(idb 0x60A4F2A0)
> | > > Hardware is 82543 (rev 2), network connection mode is auto
> | > > network link is up
> | > > loopback type is none
> | > > GBIC type is 1000BaseZX
> | > >
> | > > and on the other router we get:
> | > > Interface GigabitEthernet0/0(idb 0x60A4F2A0)
> | > > Hardware is 82543 (rev 2), network connection mode is auto
> | > > network link is up
> | > > loopback type is none
> | > > GBIC type is unknown 0
> | > >
> | > > Playing with the GBIC and the card we get inconsistent results.
> Anyone
> | > > know of any problems with GBIC-ZX's and GEIP+ cards?
> | > >
> | > > Thanks,
> | > > Hank
> | > >
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