[187539] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Bass)
Sat Feb 6 13:48:12 2016
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From: David Bass <davidbass570@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFXuDfaEN1CBDES80631j-+3-SXVV2BScNEUjUe=s2mQ6taOqA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 13:48:07 -0500
To: Cameron Ferdinands <cameron@jferdinands.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Thanks for all the insight everyone...very helpful discussion!
Has anyone see the SRX deployed in these situations? =20
We have been talking to Juniper about the ACX, and they seem to be pushing i=
t as a Metro E, or in situations where you don't need a lot of features (lik=
e a L2 agg point for wireless).
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 5:39 AM, Cameron Ferdinands <cameron@jferdinands.com> w=
rote:
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> If you need high-er density 10GE. Consider an Juniper ACX5048.
>=20
> Great edge box, MPLS features, it's essentially just a QFX with repartitio=
ned CAM / some tricks to get the most out of the Trident II chipset.
>=20
> Won't do a bunch of things, so make sure it's exactly what you need or you=
'll burn yourself YMMV.
>=20
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:50 AM Dan Spataro <dspataro@corp.nac.net> wrote:=
>> Depending on your interpretation of full MPLS stack, you can look into th=
e Brocade CES.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM
>> To: nanog@nanog.org
>> Subject: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
>>=20
>> Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a Cis=
co ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this space?
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>> Need a full MPLS stack.
