[j-nsp] MX304 Port Layout

Saku Ytti saku at ytti.fi
Sun Jul 2 05:18:07 EDT 2023


On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 at 12:11, Mark Tinka <mark at tinka.africa> wrote:

> Well, for data centre aggregation, especially for 100Gbps transit ports
> to customers, centralized routers make sense (MX304, MX10003, ASR9903,
> e.t.c.). But those boxes don't make sense as Metro-E routers... they can
> aggregate Metro-E routers, but can't be Metro-E routers due to their cost.

In this context, these are all distributed platforms, they have
multiple NPUs and fabric. Centralised has a single forwarding chip,
and significantly more ports than bandwidth.

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