[j-nsp] EX4550 L2Circuit/VPN to MX80/lt

[Tomasz Mikołajek]

Hi Phil.
Here you can check MPLS functionalities which are on EX switches:
http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/junos/topics/concept/ex-series-software-features-overview.html#mpls-features-by-platform-table

Tomasz Mikołajek


W dniu środa, 19 listopada 2014 Philip Palanchi <palanchi at rutgers.edu>
napisał(a):

> > the lack of LSR functionality in the EX won't work for us.
>
> I'm curious to know what MPLS features or functionalities are lacking on
> the EX4550 in comparison to MX series.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
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> From: Austin Brower <ops at bobman.net <javascript:;>>
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> Subject: [j-nsp] ACX is just not there (was Re: EX4550 L2Circuit/VPN
>         to      MX80/lt Interface)
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> On Nov 12, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Eric Van Tol <bleearg at gmail.com
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> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >> Juniper have continued to come short in this area. And no,
> >> the ACX doesn't cut it.
> >
> > Agreed.  ACX is just not there.  It baffles me why Juniper has left
> > this market untapped.  The mid-range MX is just too expensive and too
> > big for our deployments and the lack of LSR functionality in the EX
> > won't work for us.
>
> So far, Eric, Mark, and Phil have all stated that the ACX is not the right
> platform for their purposes.
>
> Could you elaborate on why? I've been looking at the ACX with some
> curiosity as a migration tool for some of my fiber constrained sites where
> I have low capacity SONET systems (which are very slow to leave the
> network) and 1Gbps Ethernet switching (utilizing finicky ERPS).
>
> Thanks,
> Austin
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