[c-nsp] Cisco 7401ASR ?

[Manu Chao]

Agreed ;)

The gap was huge, it is now acceptable


On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:

> On (2010-02-09 15:11 +0100), Manu Chao wrote:
>
> > new ASR are better ;)
>
> Indeed, but of course 7400, ASR1k and ASR9k have nothing in common while
> name might suggest so, so 'new ASR' is bit stretching it.
> ASR1k is popey/QFP which is cisco IP, AFAIK based on tensilica di570t,
> running IOS as process on top of linux.
> ASR9k is EZchip NP(3c|4), which is 3rd party NPU with fabric is from
> nexus7k, running IOS-XR on top of QNX obviously.
> 7400 is plain old IOS, purely software router today as toaster/PXF cannot
> be enabled.
>
> I think ASR1k is very interesting platform for some applications while
> ASR9k as it is today is overshadowed by MX. CSCO will have to work hard to
> bridge the gap.
>
>
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
> >
> > > On (2010-02-09 14:30 +0100), Phibee Network Operation Center wrote:
> > >
> > > > i am search a real information on the Cisco 7401ASR :
> > > > If you have one units ;=)
> > > >
> > > > I want know if this cisco are same performence that the
> > > > Cisco 7204 with a NPE 400 ?
> > >
> > > ASR was the second product to be blessed (or cursed) with toaster
> > > chip a.k.a PXF.
> > > Like first product NSE-1 it was failure and newer software will disable
> and
> > > won't allow enabling PXF, so everything will be software switched, like
> in
> > > NPE400, performance is below NPE300.
> > >
> > > > He support MPLS, Interworking and EoMPLS
> > > >
> > > > It's the same IOS that Cisco 7204 ?
> > >
> > > No. Also it is EOL platform and as price for gray NPE300 is
> ridiculously
> > > small I personally wouldn't accept even free ASR's.
> > >
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