[f-nsp] [SPAM tagged by PCNET] Re: MLX / XMR experiences

[Todd Christell]

Greetings,

Roberts SFP compatability comment is REALLY a key issue.  We are
successfully using DWDM band 29 optics from a third party to drive our
Zone DWDM network directly.  The SFPs cost $2500 and the card in the
Zone we are bypassing is $7000 (plus the cost of two normal SFPs) ends
up saving us ~$9500 per link.  

Todd 


Todd Christell
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[mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Robert Boyle
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:30 PM
To: staudt at dial.sk; foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [SPAM tagged by PCNET] Re: [f-nsp] MLX / XMR experiences
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At 07:05 AM 5/30/2007, staudt at dial.sk wrote:
>has anyone experience with these in an ISP environment?

Yes.

>We're considering building our shiny new 10GbE network core on a couple

>of XMRs. Should be a standard MPLS core, also with some VLLs and VPLS 
>for customer circuits. Oh and there will be some 7600s in the MPLS
cloud too.

That's a pretty straightforward use. That's the reason for the XMR's
existence! :) We didn't like the Cisco code and feature split happening
between the 7600 and 6500 code bases either. Many features we want
aren't available on the 6500 yet, but they are on the 7600 images -
which everyone knows they are the same box except for an EEPROM ID #.

>We had one here for testing and it came out technically better as a 
>7600 (which is our other option). We'd only like to know how well it 
>does (or doesn't) behave in production. Any info on interoperability 
>with Cisco in said fields would be especially welcome.

We have a nationwide network made up of Foundry XMRs, Cisco 650X -
Sup720-3BXL, and Cisco 7200s with NPE-400s and NPE-G2s. Everything works
well together and we have no complaints. ISIS, BGP, BFD, SNMP, MPLS and
we love them! They just work and I love the single software image and
the fact that all features are included for the base price. 
They also have POS cards now. Their gear works with all SFPs we have
tried. The power requirements are pretty light compared to Cisco too. 
Overall, they are just a great company to do business with on all
levels. I highly recommend you explore the Foundry option! 
Maintenance is very affordable and the support is world class.

-Robert



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