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

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:

> your juniper reseller needs some training it sounds like. the M series platform has forwarded ipv6 in hardware at least as far back as the 20th century.

The orginal m40 had a 1/2 duplex ethernet between the re and the pfe, clearly in no danger of carrying much traffic on that path.

> On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
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>> 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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