[c-nsp] new Cisco's NCS> ISP flagship router

[Lane Wigley (lwigley)]

To add to that:

The "pre -B" chassis can be upgraded to CRS-X and use the new LCs, but the new cards will only run 200G (half the interfaces will be powered down). The -B chassis has been default for a while and is the only thing shipping today.

I know the launch was pretty heavily IoT washed. I can help if anyone needs clarifications.

- Lane
(CRS & NCS 6000 Technical Marketing)

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 5:44 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] new Cisco's NCS> ISP flagship router

On Friday, September 27, 2013 09:22:53 AM Saku Ytti wrote:

> I would fully expect nPower to replace EZChip across the board and 
> Linux to replace QNX in every XR platform.
> So probably in medium term ASR9k users can capitalize on the SW+HW 
> innovations that went into NCS.

CRS-X (which is 400Gbps fabric and network processors) should start shipping December this year.

So if anyone is thinking of buying new CRS's, by the "B" 
chassis, which is the CRS-X (enhanced) system. You can still run your 140Gbps (CRS-3) or 40Gbps (CRS-1) line cards and fabrics in the CRS-X so you only pay for what you need, and then look at the CRS-X line cards and fabrics in the future as you grow.

I've been waiting for Cisco to make the move from QNX to Linx for IOS XR for a while now. With the way things are looking at Blackberry, doubtful we'll get 64-bit support in QNX.

Mark.