[c-nsp] ASR9k CWDM Optics - Using EWDM

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:15:57AM +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011, Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> >the most elegant solution.  *Then* show him the ASR9k CWDM license 
> >bill..."
> 
> It's not a CWDM license bill, the license is only for FEC. With CWDM, you 
> don't need FEC. You don't need it for DWDM either unless you're going 
> serious distances with multiple amplifier spans.

Well, there's other nice aspects to FEC - like "notice that a line is
going to die before you actually have to start dropping packets".  Which
is cool for fast failover.

So in theory, IPoDWDM with FEC is a cool idea.

gert
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