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

[Nitzan Tzelniker]

AFAIK it is mostly VPLS and maybe some OAM feature

btw the QFX5100  with D35 release has a new feature that I dont know if it
available on the ACX5K ECMP for MPLS traffic using firewall filter

Nitzan

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jerry,
>
> Can you go into more details about the ACX's "many more MPLS and CE
> features compared to the QFX" The QFX already has many more MPLS features
> than an EX4600.
>
> The ACX juniper seems to sell at a high price premium compared to the
> QFX5100. Same hardware, just different stand of Junos. I want to know what
> enhanced features the ACX has over the QFX5100.
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Jerry Jones <jjones at danrj.com> wrote:
>
> > The ACX has many more MPLS and CE features compared to the QFX.
> >
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Besides port count and expansion modules, what is the main differences
> > between these three Juniper switches (actually Juniper has the ACX under
> > their router section on their website). I believe all three use Broadcom
> > Trident II chips.
> >
> > This Juniper doc says:
> >
> > Even though QFX5100 and EX4600 Switches use the same chipset, MPLS
> support
> > differs.EX4600 switches support only basic MPLS functionality while
> QFX5100
> > switches support some of the more advanced features. See “MPLS Feature
> > Support on QFX Series and EX4600 Switches” on page 17 for details.
> >
> >
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.1/information-products/pathway-pages/ex4600/mpls.pdf
> >
> > The ACX seems interesting. I know it is MEF 2.0 certified while the other
> > two are not. Besided MEF certification I would like to know how it
> differs
> > from the QFX5100 as the port count is identical.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with these three platforms?
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