[c-nsp] ASR opinions..

[John Elliot]

> 
> On Sunday, August 21, 2011 08:28:22 AM John Elliot wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Looking at the 1002's
> 
> We like the ASR1002's, but while we haven't used them in a 
> broadband aggregation role, we find the RP1 very slow, 
> particularly when saving configurations and such. But then 
> again, the ASR1002's RP is a fixed unit inside the chassis 
> and can't be upgraded.
> 
> I'd also suggest not enabling the software redundancy for 
> IOS. This essentially uses up all available memory and will 
> eventually cause the router to crash and reboot. Since we 
> buy the ASR1002's and operate them in physically redundant 
> chassis' doing the same thing, we can do without the 
> software redundancy. Thanks - Can you please elaborate on how you are running them as redundant pairs(As this is what we are wanting to do) - interchassis HA, or something else? Have you come across any "gotchas" on the asr's...having never touched/seen XE, how does it compare to standard ios? Much appreciated on the software redundancy tip! Cheers.