Re: [c-nsp] NCS-5501/NCS-5502 as border/core routers

2017-08-24 Thread Simon Lockhart
David, On Wed Aug 23, 2017 at 08:19:11AM +, David Hubbard wrote: > The pricing & licensing almost killed the deal before I executed it. It's the licensing that I'm most worried about - particularly as it doesn't appear to be public documented. > but on > the 5501se, the base price only

Re: [c-nsp] NCS-5501/NCS-5502 as border/core routers

2017-08-23 Thread David Hubbard
Hey Simon, I’m going to be deploying the 5501se in the edge role to replace some Brocade MLXe’s that can no longer fit a full v4+v6 route table in CAM while also supporting VRF’s. I weighed several options but ultimately felt like the 2M FIB gave me a comfort level slightly higher than

[c-nsp] NCS-5501/NCS-5502 as border/core routers

2017-08-23 Thread Simon Lockhart
All, I'm currently trying to plan some upgrades for one of my networks where we currently use Cat6500/Sup2T as both 'core' and 'border' routers, but are very rapidly outgrowing them. I've recently split off the L2 transport aspects from the 6500's onto 100G capable switches (I ended up using