+1 for Brocade MLXe. Used on our edge and *knock on wood* have not had any issues with it ever. Full BGP routing table, multiple VRFs, QoS / bandwidth management.
We also have a few Brocade CER series routers, which are awesome as well for metro edge. And for political reasons a bunch of Cisco Nexus/Cat4500 gear in the core... -P -----Original Message----- From: Elliot Finley [mailto:efinley.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 2:29 PM Cc: nanog list Subject: Re: What routers do folks use these days? +1 for Brocade MLXe. Good Price. Good stuff. Good TAC. On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Fredy Kuenzler <kuenz...@init7.net> wrote: > Am 29.11.2013 06:37, schrieb Jawaid Desktop: > > We're a service provider, and we have a network full of Cat6509's. > > We are finding that we are outgrowing them from the standpoint of > > their ability to handle lots of large routing tables. Obviously > > their switching capability is still superb but one of them with 20 > > peers is starting to groan a bit and RAM is going to be an issue > > soon. > > > > What do people use these days? Our backbone needs in the next 2-3 > > years are going to be sub-100Gbps. > > Check the Brocade MLXe series. We (Init7 / AS13030) are using them and > the previous XMR series for years and are happy with it. CLI is > Cisco-look-and-feel, the software tree has a clear structure (unlike > Cisco with hundreds of versions) and the TAC is willing to ssh into > your gear to assist. > > -- > Fredy Kuenzler > > Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd. > AS13030 > St. Georgen-Strasse 70 > CH-8400 Winterthur > Twitter: @init7 / @kuenzler > http://www.init7.net/ > >