[c-nsp] LNS Alternatives

[Mark Tinka]

On 23/May/16 10:32, James Bensley wrote:

> At this level you only need two boxes with the correct broadband
> licenses (not the 5 originally mentioned, unless you have some other
> requirements relating to geo-diversity or backhaul connectivity).
>
> I recommend you advoice the ASR1002-X if possible. There seems to be
> various features in the ASR1000 range that aren't support on the
> 1002-X only.
>
> We have some live ones, they work OK, but we also have some 7200s too!
> These are some rough notes I made during the initial testing, many
> problems:
>
> https://null.53bits.co.uk/index.php?page=asr-ios-xr-lns-config
>
> https://null.53bits.co.uk/index.php?page=adsl-and-lns-shaping-llq

These are great notes. Thanks for these!

Just to note that QoS application on a LAG is now supported on the ASR1000:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/qos_mqc/configuration/xe-3s/asr1000/qos-mqc-xe-3s-asr1000-book/qos-mqc-xe-3s-asr1000-book_chapter_01011.html

It's not without some limitations, but it works.

Mark.