[c-nsp] ME 3600X questions

[Waris Sagheer (waris)]

Hi Mark & Richard,
10Gig license does not require reload. You can just do shut/no shut on
the 10Gig interface.
BTW there is no license requirement if you are using 1Gig SFP in 10Gig
SFP+ slots.
Only MPLS license requires reload.
Regarding xconnect requirement in your email, I would recommend EVC with
SVI configured with xconnect.
You can make any interface as the core facing or NNI interface and
enable MPLS on it. However you need to use switchport trunk with MPLS
configured on the SVI.
You can refer to the configuration guide for examples,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/re
lease/15.1_2_ey/configuration/guide/swmpls.html

-Waris


-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:55 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ME 3600X questions

On Thursday, August 18, 2011 05:49:58 PM Richard Hartmann
wrote:

> 1) Can the 3600X act as PE on all interfaces? I.e. if I were to trunk 
> two or more 1G interfaces, could xconnects go out through those 
> interfaces?

Every interface on the ME3600X can forward IP/MPLS traffic.

If you want to break the interfaces into different VLAN's, you can use
two methods:

	o SVI's, where each SVI represents a VLAN and you
	  run EoMPLS on it.

	o EVC's, where EoMPLS is run on an EVC instance. We
	  prefer this method, as it's more elegant and seems
	  to be the future for Cisco.

However, note that doing EoMPLS on the EVC's is only supported in the
15.1EY code base or later.

> 2) Does the 3600X support unsupported (pun intended) transceivers or 
> similar?

We have used the command, and it executes.

However, we've used OEM optics on this platform without this command and
they work just fine, both on the FCS and newer code.

> 3) Can I activate the licence for supporting 10G interfaces without 
> reloading or would I need to schedule downtime for that?

AFAIK, you need to reload when you install the 10Gbps or MPLS licenses.

Cheers,

Mark.