[c-nsp] 7204VXR replacement suggestions needed

[Nikolay Shopik]

Go with ASR9001 if you planning to grow. Yes it cost more than ASR1002X
but if you need pure border ASR9001 is absolute power house.

And we love IOS XR because of readability of long route-policy. Sorry
IOS-XE you still suck when there is lots BGP neighbors configuration and
config become wall of text and no hierarchy at all.

On 30.04.2015 18:22, Steven Pfister wrote:
> 
> We have a client that has an aging 7204VXR that they're using as a
> border router. I am trying to come up with options for a replacement.
> Since they're all Cisco, I was thinking about an ASR1002-X, but I was
> told to get quotes on equipment from other vendors as well. It needs 10
> gigabit ethernet upstream, 10 gigabit to the LAN, plus there is a
> (probably temporary) 1 gigabit ethernet backup link to the ISP. It's
> doing BGP, getting a default route, plus a small table of Internet2
> routes. 
> I was asked to look at Juniper, Palo Alto, and Sonic. I've been dealing
> mainly with Cisco for 20 years, so I'm not that up on other vendors.
> Does anyone know of enterprise routers roughly equivalent to the ASR1k
> series? For Juniper, I think the MX40 might be a candidate, but I know
> even less about the other two. Any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks!
> --Steve
>  
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