[c-nsp] ASR902 vs ME3800X

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Thanks Mark - So where is the ASR902 positioned vs ME3800 + ASR920 ?

Obviously the 902 is chassis-based...so more flexibility with port choice(If you need that)


> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> From: mark.tinka at seacom.mu
> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:49:00 +0200
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR902 vs ME3800X
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/Mar/15 09:37, CiscoNSP List wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Looking at both of these boxes to terminate 10Gb Aggs and a bunch of either VRF or VPLS tails...3800X looks to support more VRF's(2000 instances) vs 128 on the ASR902...but we only need a 2 or 3, just a heap of subints/vlan ints in the same vrf, but the 902 looks to be able to give me (With 8x1 Interface module x 4 ) 32 x 1Gb ports and 4 x 10Gb ports...price-wise they look pretty close...am I missing something with the ASR902...as they look like a really nice alternative to the ME3800X.....3800X will only give me 24 x 1Gb ports and 2 x 10Gb ports...so would need more of them to accommodate the number of 10G ports I need.
> 
> The upgrade path for the ME3600X/3800X is the ASR920.
> 
> I'd consider the ASR920 if you're looking at the long-term. My only 
> disappointment with the ASR920 as of today is that the 4x 10Gbps uplinks 
> do not have 40x or 48x customer-facing ports.
> 
> Mark.
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