[c-nsp] Cisco CRS-1

[David J. Hughes]

On 18/07/2006, at 12:14 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:

> But as always, the devil is really in the software not the hardware. 
> I'll
> reserve judgement on the new platforms and new software for heavy duty 
> L3
> use since I haven't tested it, but you can really never go wrong by 
> saying
> "sure fine the hardware moves bits, but what about the software?".

And there's the rub.  Just before we ripped out our last batch of 
Foundry boxes we had 7 simultaneously open TAC cases on the same device 
- none of which were resolved.  And we're talking things like a 
"router" forwarding a packet but transmitting it with the MAC of the 
originating host, or randomly transmitting packets with NULL MACs or 
.....

Stitching together enough silicon to get the job done quickly is one 
thing.  Having reliable, feature rich software to hold it all together 
is something else entirely.


David
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