[c-nsp] Wanted: Picture of working 7609 - Reward if found

[rwcrowe at comcast.net]

Not to take the other side, but Comcast has over 100 7609's running throughout its distribution/access layer and they seem to perform very well. They have an occasional Sup engine go out but nothing drastic. I believe they are runnign 12.1(13 EA1). They are not doing MPLS with these boxes though, so that may be one of the culprits of your problems. They do run HSRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, Layer 2, Layer 3, DPT, POS fine.


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Rob Crowe 
rwcrowe at comcast.net


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> Hello, 
> 
> Joke subject aside this is a serious question: 
> 
> I was wondering if people could comment on the quality 
> issues around the 7609. We seem to have a large number of 
> problems with these boxes, some software, a lot hardware 
> issues, DOA, a lot of hardware failures, random cards rebooting. 
> The box has a fantastic set of features and when its working 
> its excellent. 
> 
> We have less than 20 and a considerable larger amount of 
> 7200 and 7500 routers and we haven't seen anywhere near 
> the same number of issues with those platforms [particularly 
> on the hardware side] that we see with the 7609. We also use 
> 6509's and again these seem to be more robust. Any feedback 
> appreciated. 
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> Neil. 
> 
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