[c-nsp] ASR902 vs ME3800X

[Tim Densmore]

On 3/18/2015 1:49 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:
> 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.
Hi Mark,

I'm looking at the asr920s myself - can you give a little more info on 
how it's the upgrade path from an me3800x?  I can see that they have 
similar stats in some areas, but I'm having a hard time with the idea of 
a router being the next step up from a switch, especially given that 
we're looking at a quote that's around 4x less than what we have for 
3800s.  I'm a product line dunce, though, so any pointers would be 
appreciated.

Thanks,
Tim Densmore