[185442] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NX-OS as LSR router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Bass)
Mon Oct 26 15:33:05 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: David Bass <davidbass570@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <562CD02E.5080406@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:25:31 -0400
To: "marcel.duregards@yahoo.fr" <marcel.duregards@yahoo.fr>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
There are ISP using NX-OS...just in the DC where it belongs (since the Nexus=
platform is designed for the data center). I don't think it has anything to=
do with IS-IS support though (although it may help sway some people now).=20=
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 8:50 AM, "marcel.duregards@yahoo.fr" <marcel.duregards=
@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>=20
> related to the discussion about IGP choice, I had a quick look and found t=
hat NX-OS ISIS for IPv6 support is quiet recent. Was not supported on 5.x, b=
ut it supported on 7.x (2015).
>=20
> This might explain why not so many ISP use NX-OS.
>=20
>> On 21.10.2015 08:25, marcel.duregards@yahoo.fr wrote:
>> Dear Nanog'er,
>>=20
>> Anybody using NX-OS on MPLS LSR and/or Edge-LSR ?
>>=20
>> We are evaluating the replacement of 7600 LSR routers. Our natural
>> carrier/ISP choice would go for XR everywhere, but we are also curious
>> about NX-OS on the core.
>>=20
>> Why not NX-OS for LSR and XR for Edge-LSR ?
>>=20
>>=20
>> Thank,
>> -Marcel
