[c-nsp] Cisco ASR 9K Vs 7600

[Mark Tinka]

On Thursday, December 02, 2010 02:33:52 am Andris Zariņš 
wrote:

> - Stick with 7600, as ASR9K
> isnt 'ready' yet. YEa, this might be true .. 9K has
> potential that has to be released, but it hasnt happened
> yet, so it would be wise to wait a while and see what
> happens.
> 
> I guess the last argument sounds the most reasonable, at
> least for today.

We've been tracking development on the ASR9000 for a while 
now, and while it was relatively new re: edge requirements 
back then, it's decently mature now - depending on what you 
want to do, of course.

You will be very demanding if you need it in a PE router 
role, but as a P, you wouldn't have to worry too much.

Price-wise, it's way better than the 7600, or even the MX-
series (unless Juniper can match the discount levels), and 
it's got a pretty good line card compliment now.

We tested typical PE router requirements:

	- IS-IS
	- IPv6
	- QoS
	- MPLS
	- 802.1AX

While a couple of sub-features need to be introduced over 
time, base use-cases are sufficiently covered.

Cheers,

Mark.
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