[194667] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NCS5508 for Agg/Core/Peering router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hugo Slabbert)
Wed May 17 10:14:18 2017
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 07:14:11 -0700
In-Reply-To: <49013CA4-6E74-491E-9919-F93B18F575C0@cenic.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org,Will Black <wblack@cenic.org>
From: Hugo Slabbert <hugo@slabnet.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
OVH has, apparently, swapped at least some of their ASR9Ks for NCS5508:
https://twitter=2Ecom/olesovhcom/status/864222277185019909
What exact roles they're serving, though, I don't know=2E=20
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On May 16, 2017 3:06:11 PM PDT, Will Black <wblack@cenic=2Eorg> wrote:
>Is anyone using the NCS5508 as the role of a backbone Core /
>Aggregation / Peering router? I understand these are generally
>different network models but we would be interested in hearing whether
>anyone is using these routers for all three roles=2E We flattened our
>network during our last refresh and are trying to do more with less
>(who isn=E2=80=99t these days?), so we=E2=80=99re trying to determine whe=
ther the
>NCS5508 would fit the bill that=E2=80=99s currently being served by our
>ASR9K=E2=80=99s=2E =20
>
>We would also be interested in hearing general observations and
>thoughts about the NCS5508 for any role=2E
>
>Thanks,
>
>Will Black=20
