[c-nsp] A switch with huge number of Mac address

[Lukas Tribus]

> Hi everybody
> We want to purchase a switch with 1G/10G ports (at least 96 ports) which
> can support up to 192k of Mac addresses.
> Is there any product in market which can provide this flexibilty? Rack unit
> is alao a factor

An interesting (brand-) new platform is the Cisco NCS 5000 series. You get
a fixed box, for example the NCS 5002, which is 2RU, has 80x 1G/10G and
4x 100G ports. Runs IOS-XR and appears to be quite competitive.

The datasheet [1] doesn't mention mac limits (or route limits), but its is
certainly not the box you would use as mpls edge (carrying the full table).

Not sure about the FCS date either.


Regards,

Lukas


[1] http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-5000-series/datasheet-c78-736153.html