[c-nsp] MPLS hardware

[Phil Bedard]

There are certainly alternatives for doing VPLS termination that are  
cheaper than Cisco, when you look at the cost of the ES20.   Foundry  
and Alcatel both make lighter weight dense "MPLS-enabled switches"  
that Cisco doesn't have a good competitor for.  The 20-port SFP based  
Foundry blade for the MLX series switches has hardware MPLS support  
and costs $15k...

Phil


On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Justin Shore wrote:

> Mark Tinka wrote:
>> On Thursday 10 January 2008 15:56, Mohacsi Janos wrote:
>>
>>> VPLS is only supported with SIP/SPA cards with SUP720 or
>>> RSP-720. VPLS requires extra processing power on ports
>>> that SIP/SPA cards have....
>>
>> I find this bit annoying... it would have been nice if Cisco
>> supported VPLS on most or all of the fabric-enabled
>> Ethernet line cards (ES20 aside).
>
> Or at least make the ES cards a little easier on the pocket book.   
> $30k
> for a 6748 w/ DFC or $60k for a ES20 plus another $40k for a license  
> to
> use IPv6, L3 IP/MPLS VPN, and MVPN ($40k for a freaking license!).   
> Not
> to mention that the ES linecards require their own Smartnet for  
> another
> $13k (24x7x4 no-onsite).  Even at 50% off, tell me how I justify  
> that to
> the boss?  I could buy a pair of RSP720-3CXLs for the price of that 1
> 20-port GigE card.  I'm a Cisco fan but....EOF
>
> Justin
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