[c-nsp] Wierd MPLS/VPLS issue

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Wed Nov 23 10:52:35 EST 2016


On 23/11/16 15:10, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Phil Mayers wrote:
>> The Broadcom chip in the x670 may lack the capability entirely, so it
>> could be impossible; maybe someone on-list knows if that's the case for
>> Trident2?
>
> x670 is trident2; x670-G2 is trident2+. There is documentation to
> suggest that control word is supported on the juniper qfx5100 and the
> cisco ncs500x, both of which also use the t2+ chipset, but documentation
> occasionally diverges from reality, so this shouldn't be taken as hard
> evidence one way or another.

Interesting, maybe it is possible then. Well remembered re: BC chipsets; 
the vendors love for playing secret squirrel with which exact merchant 
silicon they use baffles me no end...


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