[j-nsp] MX vs. M

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:02:51PM +0100, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > > I have a hard time believing the MX isn't crippled in some way,  
> > > because it seems to me that if it weren't, it would stand to  
> > > cannibalize the M Series market.
> 
> Not really. It's Ethernet only, and no service PICs or anything like
> that (so if you need RE-based sampled Netflow you're okay, but you
> can't do the sampling rates that an M/T could with a suitable PIC.
> Also, the 10Gig ports *will* handle WAN PHY (this is even documented).

Yes, excellent WAN PHY support, feels just like you've got a SONET 
interface with complete and detailed alarms. 

One thing I forgot to mention, the only feature that should be there but 
isn't is RE-based RPM support. Everything else is fully implemented as of 
current code, including GRES, ISSU (well it works as well as on an 
M-series at any rate), OAM, etc.

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