[c-nsp] ASR9000/RSP440 Console Issue

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > IMHO no switch or router should have management access enabled on an
> > interface which can be configured to pass non-management traffic.
> 
> Some customers actually dropped Cisco offering and went with the
> competition, when they've learnt, that the management traffic is for
> MANAGEMENT only. It can't pass the user traffic.
> 
> I saw customer dropping our 4900M after learning the FE0 management
> can't be used to route it's default route to the internet for the
> rest of multi-10GE customers. "True story" as they say. No amount
> of education at this point can make him change his mind.

It may be interesting to compare with Juniper which has had an Ethernet
port from day 1 for management traffic only - and still does today for
the M/MX/T series. They seem to have survived.

And yes, I'm firmly in the camp of wanting this type of functionality.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no