[c-nsp] Juniper equivalent for Cisco Cat 6500

[Phil Mayers]

On 23/05/12 11:32, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:20:29 PM Aled Morris wrote:
>
>> If you prefer a switch to a router you could look at the
>> Cisco Nexus 7k - I believe it supports MPLS now too.
>
> I'm guessing the OP is looking MPLS merely as a transport
> mechanism. I have no experience with the Nexus 7000 system
> (everytime I've thought of buying it, something more
> sensible has come up), but I'd hazard that the ASR9000 would
> be more serice-rich than the Nexus re: IP/MPLS.

You're probably right, but the N7k is quite close in parity to the 6500, 
in L3VPN-land. L2VPN (I am told) should similarly be more or less 
equivalent to sup2T.

They're a surprisingly respectable box, and modulo "business unit focus" 
concerns, it's looking difficult to justify a Sup2T...