[c-nsp] ME2600X FTTH design, shaping, road map questions

[Mark Tinka]

On Friday, November 28, 2014 11:05:39 AM Christian Kratzer 
wrote:

> I would be happy to hear from others using or evaluatiing
> the ME2600X for their experiences.

When this platform first launched last year, I was very keen 
on deploying it for FTTH scenarios; basically because it has 
good port density, can be priced well for large scale 
deployments, and I'm a believer in Active-E and less on 
GPON.

We had a call with the BU on this platform to clarify all 
the questions you've asked, and more, and as of February 
this year, the platform is still wanting.

There are various limitations that may never be fixed 
(particularly for QoS) since the silicon in this box is not 
Cisco-internal, but off-the-shelf (Broadcom). This will 
hurt, but that said, it is good that you can pull off a 
reasonable amount of QoS on the box itself, meaning that it 
is now possible to enforce contract right at the customer 
port on the AN in a profiled manner, as opposed to having to 
do this on the BRAS upstream.

My requirements for the deployment have been delayed a bit, 
so I haven't caught up on the queries we had. But the best 
advice I can give is for you to work with the BU on what you 
need.

Mark.
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