[j-nsp] Any red flags on this MX240 configuration...

[Sebastian Wiesinger]

* Alain Hebert <ahebert at pubnix.net> [2020-02-26 14:47]:
>     Beside the RE-S-2000-4096-S being EOL.  My experience with 16.2 was
> pretty solid.
> 
>     We're planning to have 3 Full Routes BGP and the MPLS alphabet soup,
> yadi yada.
> 
>     We don't want 2 RE since we'll use 2 MX240 and there is no point to go
> for ISSU since the RE is EOL.
> 
>    1x CHAS-BP-MX240-S
>    1x FFANTRAY-MX240-HC
>    1x RE-S-2000-4096-S
>    1x SCBE-MX-S
>    2x PWR-MX480-1200-AC
>    1x MPC-3D-16XGE-SFPP

Hi,

I would definitively go for the chassis with the newer backplane
(CHAS-BP3-MX240-S). Changing the chassis at a later time is a pain.
Same with SCBE, why not use SCBE2-MX-S? They cost the same.

Regards,

Sebastian

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