[f-nsp] mpls + bgp support on NI CES2K

[Greg Hankins]

Hi George, thanks this is a good suggestion.  We have SKUs with the base
software and CER SKUs with -ADVPREM and CES SKUs with -L3PREM/-MEPREM,
as well as individual software license SKUs for each router.

I will look over the product literature and see what we can do to clarify
what is in each software package.

Greg
(works for Brocade)

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Greg Hankins <ghankins at mindspring.com>

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Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:20 -0700
From: "George B." <georgeb at gmail.com>
To: Greg Hankins <ghankins at mindspring.com>
Cc: foundry-nsp <foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [f-nsp] mpls + bgp support on NI CES2K

The feature licensing has pros and cons.  If you need all of the features
required, it is frustrating to have to buy the licenses.  If you *don't*
need all of those features, though, it is nice not to have to pay for
them.  Maybe Brocade could market two different configurations, a "full"
configuration with all licenses and a "light" configuration with none of
them with an a la carte list of additional upgrades available.  That would
allow people to purchase a fully licensed unit and not have to worry about
being "nickled and dimed" with the various licenses while people needing
only a subset of features can put together set of only the features they
need.  The problem is the way the literature is put together. It is
difficult to get a grip on exactly what you need or if the CER can handle
your needs.

As for cannibalizing MLX sales, honestly, the way I think of the CER is as
a miniature MLX.  I think of it as a one slot MLX.



On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Greg Hankins <ghankins at mindspring.com>wrote:

> Let me clarify the CES and CER architectures real quick.  As Nick nicely
> said, the fixed form factor routers are designed with feature scalability
> and cost trade-offs to provide a lower port price vs. a modular chassis.
>
> The NPUs are merchant silicon, but each router also has an FPGA that
> handles various control plane packets that need to be processed with
> subsecond latency (for example, we are adding BFD hardware assist in 5.6).
>
> We hear your negative feedback about feature licensing.
>
> Greg
> (works for Brocade)
> (as a product management person)
>
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