[c-nsp] Brocade Vs Cisco

[Mark Tinka]

On Friday, August 12, 2011 12:48:14 AM Keegan Holley wrote:

> I think your original question was about carrier ethernet
> gear.  I have also had some bad experiences with
> foundry/brocade equipment.  Cisco's metro-e offering
> leaves something to be desired as well though.  I
> actually went with ciena switches and mac-in-mac or PBB
> encapsulation.  It's much more robust than vpls/L2vpn
> (at least until T-MPLS is standardized) and is simpler
> to implement and supported on lower cost gear.  Most use
> vpls or l2vpn in their core to make use of existing
> routers.

We've just gone ahead and deployed IP/MPLS in the Access. 
Much simpler (for us) than the other bridging technologies.

Mark.
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