[c-nsp] Cisco ME3800X/ME3600X - Any experiences worth sharing?

[Nick Hilliard]

On 26/01/2012 09:15, David Farrell wrote:
> I'm considering these boxes for a couple of roles within our
> infrastructure, I'm well aware of the issues they have and the fact they
> are still a relatively young product. I just wondered if anyone had any
> good experiences with these boxes? Or alternatively if they could details
> any bad ones?

David,

there have been several discussions about this over the last couple of
months - you should check out the archives.  The general impression I'm
getting is that the hardware seems to be ok but the software is still quite
immature in areas.  I'm looking at them myself for a project, so have an
active interest in them.

There are several important features which are still not there, including
ipv6 (broken), RSPAN (unimpl), policy routing (unimpl), ASN32 support
(unimpl), unicast RPF (unimpl), QoS (problems with egress policing).

Having said that, the metro ethernet functionality looks awesome, and the
hardware itself is very juicy (reasonably large buffers, or enormous on the
me3800x), and development is progressing extremely quickly on the system,
both in terms of fixing existing problems and adding new features.

Anyway, check out the archives, talk to your local SE and account manager -
maybe they could get you a unit on sale or return basis or something?

Nick