[j-nsp] SRX 1500

[Timothy Creswick]

> >srx1500 uses the new disaggregated software model, so it's $11K for
> >hardware only; you still need to buy software (Junos).
> >
> 
> The prices we've seen for the mpls license on the 1500 are an eye
> watering multiple of the hardware cost. Nearly double. Same for the 345.
> 
> Slightly less objectionable for the 340. They appear to be charging the
> software license per-megabit/s :o/
> 
> This substantially reduces the attractiveness of the range for me.

In answer to the earlier question, the SRX1500 uses a 2.5GHz Xeon chip (this is what our SE told me). It has an FPGA that is apparently not being used heavily yet but will see use in future software upgrades. I think this is related to the fact that the expansion slots are intended for hardware PFE/offloading cards, not [just?] interfaces.

This all makes sense since the 15.x JUNOS releases are DPDK compatible so the forwarding on a Xeon platform should be really solid.

The SRX340 apparently [still] runs a Cavium Octeon.

We've been talking to Juniper about the explosion of part numbers that you now have to order to get a SRX1500. Apparently there will be some bundles coming out later in the year which make this simpler, but right now you'd need to order the main SKU, plus a rack mount kit, plus power supplies, plus support for the chassis, JUNOS software and then support for the software.

We could 6 part numbers as the minimum to get a working box (i.e. these are required). As noted above, the list price for the basic JUNOS software (SRX1500-JSE) is the same as for the box itself (SRX1500-AC).

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