[c-nsp] ASR920 vs NCS5000

[Daniel Serane]

> Don't know what you mean be "lighter". ASR900 is a family with different
> RSP generations and different platforms, so its hard to make a comparison.

And all those different ASR900s with different RSPs have totally different
features?
Is there a reasonable slide to show the major differences? Sounds painful
to figure
it out.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Lukas Tribus <luky-37 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> > > The NCS500x is a dumb, dumb switch.
> > >
> > > Its a cheap and fast-tracked Trident II+ implementation in IOS-XR.
> >
> > Which sounds extremely tempting, TBH :-) - sane OS, fast hardware.
>
> I see your point, but just because its IOS-XR doesn't mean its 9k-like
> IOS-XR.
>
> You can choose (today) between 2 IOS-XR releases on CCO, and there
> is not a single SMU available.
>
> You have to live - at least for now - with things like:
> CSCux63407 Handle un-supported feature gracefully
> CSCuv28141 Rollback fails if a ACL modify fails due to TCAM exhaustion
>
> Not very XR like behavior, despite the CLI.
>
>
>
> > Have you evaluated it as a "limited table" IPv4/IPv6 router (like, a few
> > 1000 internal routes, no full BGP stuff)?  I find it tempting...
>
> I didn't evaluate the platform any further, because I simply did not find
> it
> mature enough. I filed it under "to check out in 2 years".
>
> Its like the ASR920 or the ME3600 when it first launched; if lots of people
> report bugs and and the BU's spends some time fixing them, sooner or
> later you will have a usable product. Otherwise ... not so much.
>
>
>
> > ASR920 is lighter version of ASR900 in terms of ASIC/TCAM and buffers
>
> Don't know what you mean be "lighter". ASR900 is a family with different
> RSP generations and different platforms, so its hard to make a comparison.
>
>
>
> > ASR920 and ASR900 have same control-plane, same features
>
> ASR920 is equivalent to the A900-RSP2.
>
>
>
> Lukas