[c-nsp] Re: IOS 12.2(25)S6/S7

[Dave Temkin]

My issue is that I need features that only 12.2S and 12.3T have (namely,
specific hardware support) - plus, regular 12.3 mainline doesn't have RPR
or SSO support.

-Dave

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:23:19PM -0500, Dave Temkin wrote:
> > At this point would you guys roll out 12.2.18S10 or a recent 12.3T?
>
> Depends on the level of pain you want.
>
> 12.3 mainline has features that 12.2S does not have (VPDN, for example).
>
> 12.2S "provider" has features that 12.3 main does not have (IPv6 and MPLS,
> without having to pay $LOTS extra for 12.3 "enterprise" feature set).
>
> 12.3T has features that neither 12.2S nor 12.3 main has - but it has many
> more bugs, and needs more Flash and DRAM space.
>
> So... it very much depends on what you want to do
>
>   - if you need 12.3T features, go with 12.3T
>   - if you don't need MPLS, 12.3 main might be a good path for you
>   - if you don't need IPv6, 12.0S might be a good path for you
>
> Our choice is 12.2(18)S10 for the core routers, and 12.3(x) mainline for
> the VPDN aggregation routers (and due to feature availability, also for
> a few other customer-facing boxes).
>
> gert
>