[c-nsp] ASR-1002 Feedback

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

Hi,

We've been using various ASR1k variants for the last few months.
Generally the experience's been positive. Devices deliver what is
expected in terms of performance without even breaking a sweat. We
used them mainly as border routers (in a PE configuration). One thing
that you have to pay some attention to is features - since the
platform is relatively new (and effectively hardware-based, so
features take some time to add) some things that you might need might
not be there yet. At some stage (around 2.2.1 if I recall correctly)
you could configure PortChannel, but it wouldn't work. One other
feature that we're missing is 6VPE (that is coming in a few months),
but I'm sure that there are some others too.

I admit that my experience is SP based, but I believe that the ASR1k
is the way of the feature for small-ish Ethernet aggregation.

kind regards
Pshem


2009/11/20 Ash Net <ashnet2009 at gmail.com>:
> Hi Folks,
>
> We're looking for a new Edge routing platform for our Core DC
> locations. This platform will terminate our internet links and bigger
> private links. ASR1002 on paper appears to be a good fit for our
> requirements. In the recent past, there have been reported issues with
> IOS stability and Featureset  (Netflow/Mcast etc) issues with the
> Product.
>
> At this point, I'm looking for some feedback as to where the Platform
> is at from a software/hw reliability standpoint (ESP5 vs
> 10/POS/Ethernet (1/10G) SPA's) today. Any major issues/limitations or
> shortcomings (# of ports in an EtherChannel?) that currently exist and
> overall feel of the Enterprise folks who've deployed the Router in
> production.
>
> Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
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