[j-nsp] EX4600 Vs QFX 5100 VS ACX 5048

[Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr]

Hi,

Last Time I went to meet the NETIRON PM in San Francisco HQ, we were part of a brainstorming session around "building a 1U MLXe BOX with high port density".

I don't know if this has moved passed the conception phase, I do hope so.

But the MLXe platform is a very capable Metro-E box with lots of the usual features.

I'll try to share more after my next visite.

HTH.



> Le 30 avr. 2016 à 17:13, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> a écrit :
> 
> 
> 
>> On 30/Apr/16 17:07, Colton Conor wrote:
>> 
>> Mark,
>> 
>> I looked at Brocade as well, but on their carrier ethernet page they
>> only list the CES which has max 4 10G ports. The only thing that has
>> more than 4 10G ports and is MEF certified seems to be their larger
>> MLXe routers. Those are more built for core than metro access.
> 
> Yes, the CES/CER2000 NetIron boxes were the ones we looked at that were
> capable for the job.
> 
> I know they had modular options that could take additional XFP-based
> 10Gbps line cards, but overall, the 10Gbps port density is low.
> 
> Ultimately, if you want a decent-sized and reasonably priced
> 10Gbps-capable Metro-E switch that will mostly work, the ACX5000 is
> going to be hard to beat. What you need to think about is whether you
> can live without some of the features the Broadcom chip won't support.
> Most networks might, but I can't speak for them.
> 
> Mark.
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