[c-nsp] Cisco Nexus as MetroE switch?

[Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr]

2015-10-16 16:43 GMT+02:00 Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de>:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 04:34:29PM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote:
> > On 16/Oct/15 15:25, Gert Doering wrote:
> >
> > > > > I'm still wondering where the BU is that understands what an
> > exchange > point is...
> > Brocade :-).
>
> Brocade and working netflow...?  With MAC-Addresses in there?
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 04:39:40PM +0200, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr wrote:
> > ALU :-)
>
> ALU is actually a good point here - as they do support netflow with
> mac addresses in there ("after decix convinced them that yes, they
> really need this") - I'm not sure it works in a more router-ish context,
> but would be interested to hear more about it.
>
>
>From what I hear, many big Telcos are using them for heavy lifting, either
as pur Ps and/or PEs. DE-CIX seems quite happy with it.

Never had the chance myself to play with it, but it seems pretty straight
forward from the user guides I was able to find on the net.

Which bring me to another question : is there an alu-nsp list ?

BR.




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