[j-nsp] M120/T320/T640 pitfalls with IPv6?

[Doug Hanks]

Which IPv6 services are you talking about?

IPv6 routing is definitely done in hardware with the ASICs.

http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos10.0/information-products/topic-
collections/config-guide-cos/id-10110806.html

-- 
Doug Hanks, JNCIP-M/T #1441
Systems Engineer
Juniper Networks





On 6/2/11 2:07 PM, "Chris Cappuccio" <chris at nmedia.net> wrote:

>Our Juniper sales rep (3rd party reseller, not Juniper direct) is telling
>us that IPv6 "features" are in software on these older platforms, and
>that if you want full speed on IPv6, you need to move to the MX platform.
>
>Is this true?
>
>What do I lose by running IPv6 on a M120, an M20, or a T320/T640 ?  Does
>the swithcing board CPU really handle intensive features in software or
>is this a "buy more hardware" request by the sales folks?  Or a little of
>both?
>
>Chris
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