[c-nsp] ASR902 vs ME3800X

Mattias Gyllenvarg mattias at gyllenvarg.se
Tue Mar 24 16:20:23 EDT 2015


I have from my AMs CCIE that the chassie has a 12Mb shared buffer.

I am also pleased with the pricing, at least for MPLS purposes. Less
pleased with the SEK->USD exchange rate...

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:01 PM, CiscoNSP List <cisconsp_list at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> >
> > I got this link back from the folks who quoted the asr920 for me. Looks
> > like Gert was correct - the "pay as you grow" model is in full effect.
> > I was expecting to have to turn on 10ge ports, but I'm surprised that in
> > many cases you have to "grow into" your 1ge ports as well.
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr920/configuration/guide/csa/b_port_licensing_asr920.html
> >
> > Still, what we've been given for pricing, assuming the pay as you grow
> > doesn't double the cost, is very attractive for customer facing edge
> > gear.  The project scope hasn't been defined, and may never be, but
> > assuming we're just looking at l2/l3vpn and non-BGP DIA I'm going to
> > give these serious consideration.
> >
> > Thanks for all of the info folks!
> >
>
>
> Quote I got on the ASR-920-24SZ-M, upgrade license to go from 12 x 1Gb ->
> 24  x 1Gb was negligible (i.e ~15%)...again, no haggling.
>
> Someone also mentioned that the ASR920 had "smaller" buffers than the
> ME3600....anyone got the actual numbers(Or links...Ive googled(Ive also
> asked our AM)), but can only find references stating "deep buffers" on the
> ASR920 ....
> http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-920-series-aggregation-services-router/datasheet-c78-732079.html
>
> Cheers
>
>
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