[c-nsp] Recommended Cisco boxes for a small multihoming solution?

[Rodney Dunn]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:17:14PM +0800, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Friday 14 November 2008 17:14:00 Magnus Eriksson wrote:
> 
> > Also, I'm a bit hesitant regarding IOS XE, which today
> > only seems to be used for ASRs. Is IOS XE something that
> > is gonna be built upon by Cisco moving ahead? I don't
> > wanna be stuck with a "dead" OS.
> 
> AFAIK, IOS XE was based on the 12.2SR train.

Yes from an IOS feature set perspective.

> 
> Perhaps Cisco folk on the list can confirm, but I guess 
> that'd mean it'll be actively maintained, as SR is 
> currently where Cisco seem to be going for service provider 
> code, particularly with the 7200 and 7600.

It will be maintained for a long time for sure so no need
to worry on that. The entire product line just shipped a few months
back and a lot of focus is on it.

Rodney

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark.