[c-nsp] gigabit ethernet ring for metro ethernet deployment

[Bill Wichers]

[snip]
>> RPR is a technology I feel needs to be implemented in Cisco's switch
>> lineup. At this point RPR is not where it needs to be, I have queried
>> Cisco about when they plan on implementing RPR in their switching
>> platforms and they have stated they need input from users that they
>> actually want to do this. To me, RPR is intended to be "SONET on
>> Ethernet". EAPS accomplishes this but is one vendor centric (Extreme
>> Networks)
>> We are running multiple 1 gb and 10gb Extreme Networks EAPS based rings
>> and they do L2 great (we are only asking them to do L2, we do L3 with
>> Juniper and Cisco).

I would love to see Cisco implement something like this. It would be great
for protected Metro Ethernet deployments, and would be a lot better (for
us anyway) in terms of capacity on WDM rings rather than a
one-lambda-per-building setup (what we are doing now). Sounds to me a lot
like SRP rings but with Ethernet transport instead of SONET.

    -Bill

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Waveform Technology
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