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

[Tim Jackson]

I've never used their software in production, but I have been looking
at it for some 100G ToR switches.. The featureset is awesome, but I
can't really speak to how well the software works as I haven't
received any demo gear actually running it yet..

I will say that a 32x100G Tomahawk + their SW is less (by a little)
than I was paying for Trident II boxes (QFX5100/EX4600) from Juniper..
I don't know what ACX5k costs, though.

--
Tim

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Do you use IP Infusion software today? I have never heard of them, but I
> like the software feature set I see on their website with MPLS and MEF
> features. However, I doubt the white box plus their software will be any
> less than the Juniper solution, but I could be surprised.
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Tim Jackson <jackson.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You might be able to buy some off the shelf (E.g. Acton or quanta etc)
>> white box Trident 2 box and look IP Infusion for an OS on it. It may be cost
>> competitive and have almost all of the features..
>>
>> On May 10, 2016 8:31 AM, "Colton Conor" <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Aaron,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if you company compared any other products from other
>>> vendors against the ACX5048? Is there anything else on the market with
>>> this
>>> high of port count, for this low of a price, with this amount of
>>> features?
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Aaron <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks Raphael,
>>> >
>>> > My core links are untagged typically... in rare case I'll tag, and it
>>> > doesn't seem to be a problem, I haven't done that on acx5048 yet
>>> >
>>> > Ok I did MEF EPL (eline port based carrying any and all vlans, tagged
>>> > and
>>> > untagged...) works. I shut and deactivate core bgp for this test to
>>> > prove
>>> > that it's purely igp, mpls, ldp to make it work.  Ce-ce pings and
>>> > l2protocols seem to be fine ( I tested cdp and stp for CE to CE and
>>> > it's
>>> > fine )...of course the config's below are the MPLS PE's... the ce's I
>>> > mention are not shown anywhere here.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ---3600
>>> >
>>> > interface GigabitEthernet0/15
>>> >
>>> >  switchport trunk allowed vlan none
>>> >
>>> >  switchport mode trunk
>>> >
>>> >  load-interval 30
>>> >
>>> >  service instance 1 ethernet
>>> >
>>> >   encapsulation default
>>> >
>>> >   l2protocol forward
>>> >
>>> >   xconnect 10.101.12.245 999 encapsulation mpls
>>> >
>>> > --- ACX5048
>>> >
>>> > set protocols l2circuit neighbor 10.101.12.251 interface ge-0/0/38.0
>>> > virtual-circuit-id 999
>>> >
>>> > set interfaces ge-0/0/38 encapsulation ethernet-ccc
>>> >
>>> > set interfaces ge-0/0/38 unit 0 family ccc
>>> >
>>> > - Aaron
>>> >
>>> >
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