[c-nsp] Cisco ASR 9K Vs 7600

[Mack McBride]

The 9K is an evolution of the 7600.
The biggest differences are the newer DFC components and the XR code.
The down side is the 9K is relatively new so there may be more bugs.
And there are always plenty of bugs.

Mack

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Andris Zarinš
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:31 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco ASR 9K Vs 7600

Hi folks,

Would You consider an ASR 9K as a reasonable (money and tech-wise) upgrade to Cat7600? I understand that ASR9K scales way better than c7600, and there should be lots of other reasons why ASR9K would be more appropriate for SP core network... but I just can not gather enough arguments to initiate an upgrade project so far. Box will be used as SP backbone router, MPLS-P functionality, aggregating lots of 10G feeds of data/voice/video (yes, VidMon should help here)

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who's got into the same situation or maybe its a popular challenge these days? If anybody has faced such choice at some point - it would be great if You could share your pros/cons and if its not a secret - your conclusion as well - is ASR9K worth a shot and if yes/no - why?


Cheers,
Andris

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