[j-nsp] Upgrade from M10i?

[Kevin Oberman]

On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:17, ken lindahl <lindahl at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> On 2/3/2009 6:30 AM, Mark Johnson wrote:
>> We need at least 4 x 10G ports and 8 x 1G ports, IPv4/IPv6, OSPFv2/ 
>> OSPFv3, full BGP (peering/transit), no MPLS and that's about it.
>> While I love Junipers I would consider Cisco so if anyone might  
>> suggest suitable Cisco models I'd also appreciate that.
>> Kind regards,
>> Mark
>
> i'm have approximately the same requirements as Mark and considering  
> the
> MX480 vs M120 choice, so i very much appreciate the comments folks  
> have
> made about the MX series. we have an M120 and are happy with it, but
> there is a substantial price difference between the MX480 and M120,  
> and
> we have no need for non-ethernet interfaces.
>
> Mark did not mention multicast explicitly; we need this router to do  
> IPv4/IPv6
> multicast. has anyone got any experience with multicast on the MX  
> series?
>
> thanks,
> ken
>
> p.s.: it's worth noting that adding "tunnel PIC capability" to an  
> MX, in order to
> have it act as an RP, uses a full slot in the chassis.
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Ken,

We run multicast on our MX boxes and have seen no problems.

R. Kevin Oberman
ESnet--The Energy Sciences Network
Berkeley Lab