[j-nsp] The Switch is ON !!!

[bill fumerola]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 06:47:59PM +0300, Alexandre Snarskii wrote:
> AFL including IPv6 Routing, IS-IS, BGP, MBGP, MPLS, Enhanced GRE Tunnels (>7)
> available for purchase with JUNOS 9.1 in Q2'08.

i am enthused about the capabilities, especially when compared with the
lack of some of these advanced features in the force10 S-series. bummed
about the limit of 12k unicast/2k multicast ipv4 routes. i see no mention
of V6 route limitation in the documentation, but i'm still reading through
it.

with a decent discount, a J6350(w/ BGP license)+EX3200 could make for a
nice solution for POPs, peering points, corporate IT datacenters etc.
larger networks could deploy the pair to small POPs/remote offices, etc.

the top-of-rack (hereafter, 'TOR') aggregation is what i'm looking at
them for as well. in the past, i've avoided using TOR switches for L3
routing because of their lack of features, lack of horsepower, or lack
of faith. these switches have potential to address one or all of those
concerns. while i'm excited, the proof of the pudding is in the forwarding,
so to speak.

so i agree with everything RAS said. per usual. :)

-- bill