[f-nsp] foundry-nsp Digest, Vol 44, Issue 8

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 03:36:53PM -0600, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Thank you very much! I spoke with our Foundry rep yesterday. He mentioned
> that the primary difference between the BigIron RX, MLX and XMR were their
> MPLS capabilities..or lack thereof. He said the MLX could only do edge MPLS
> duties, whereas the XMR can do core and edge MPLS. We got cut off before he
> could explain the difference. Any help is greatly appreciated.

There is no difference betwen MLX and XMR MPLS support. Core vs edge MPLS 
normally means P vs PE duties, but typically when you find a box hat can 
only do one is is core but not edge (since core functions are relatively 
simple compared to edge).

 The Foundry MPLS support is "extremely 
simplistic" compared to other routers, but functional.

> Can an XMR32000 really outpeform a Juniper T640 in the real world?

Sigh... If you really have to ask that question, sure what the hell XMR32 
is no doubt all you need. In the real world, there is no comparison, but 
it has *nothing* to do with which box moves 1.21jiggabits.

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Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>       http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
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