[c-nsp] ASR vs 6807

[R LAS]

Hi Simon
can you detail more "ASR9k can be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807" ?

Regards

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:26:55 +0000
> From: simon at slimey.org
> To: dim0sal at hotmail.com
> CC: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR vs 6807
> 
> On Thu Nov 27, 2014 at 10:18:41AM +0000, R LAS wrote:
> > Discussing a new architecture of DCI (Data Center Interconnection), Cisco
> > raccomends both ASR9k and 6807.  The architecture requested by the customer
> > forecast MPLS/VPLS supported by DCI.
> > 
> > From pricing point of view there is a quite big difference (win 6807), from
> > feature point of view Cisco says the difference is "only" the number of
> > mac-addresses supported and the sw modularity.
> > 
> > Can anybody help in digging more the "technical" difference ?
> 
> I'm going through much the same at the moment, and settling on 6807, largely
> from a price perspective.
> 
> ASR9k is (today) a more capable box for routing - particularly if you want
> higher bandwidths. ASR9k has 100G ports today. 6807 only has 40G. ASR9k can
> be more flexible on EoMPLS (VPLS) than 6807.
> 
> 6807 has a lot of potential (880G per slot), but it's not supported by either
> Supervisors or Linecards that are available today (current limit is 80G/slot).
> 
> Simon