[c-nsp] Cisco N540-ACC-SYS ipv4 routes

[adamv0025 at netconsultings.com]

> From: Phil Bedard <philxor at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 5:22 PM
> 
> The MX960 obviously came out a long time ago.  There have been new
> chassis versions for it as well as the PTX5K to support higher bandwidth
> speeds but it was always called the same thing and backwards compatible.
> 
> Can't argue with the NCS 6K, IMHO it was really forced by some large
> providers who required a multi-chassis evolution beyond CRS, and that
> continues to be its main role.  But very few really want to continue with
> multi-chassis at this point as router capacity has increased rapidly from where
> it was even a few years ago.
> 
> Obviously Cisco has the ASR 99XX series, but there are a lot of 9006s and
> 9010s that have been in networks for 10+ years at this point.  You can use the
> latest line cards with 400G QSFP-DD ports in a 9006/9010 chassis that came
> out in 2007?   Obviously with commons upgrades like switch fabrics and fans
> to get the most out of it.
> 
> TBH the 8k is probably not a very good fit for your network today.  Not sure if
> it's super public but Cisco does have the ASR 9903.  It's 3RU, 600mm depth,
> 3.6Tb FD.  It's 16x100G+20x10G fixed, and then a single 800G or 2T expansion
> card.
> 
Hi Phil,

Personally I don't have a problem with the ever changing platforms -to me it's just natural to see the evolution cycles shortening with every next one (-this is to the point of folks reminiscing about the good old 6500/7600 times). My reaction to gears spinning faster is horizontal scaling.  

The problem I think is that while Cisco is still extra attentive to the big folks (chasses developed specifically for these carriers, custom code, etc...) in recent years it feels like somehow Cisco is not paying attention to any of the smaller accounts. I don't know maybe it's just the account teams that gone bad. (or too overloaded with the pre-covid cleansing?) 
But it wasn’t like this, yes I enjoyed the premium lane while working for one of the giants, but even when I started on a small green field project I enjoyed very good partnership from the Cisco team.  But these days it all seems cold uninterested at all.   

So to me it's all about having a good reliable partner by your side, cause there are going to be good and inevitably bad times as well, so while there are compelling products this is what kills the deal ultimately.

adam