Re: [j-nsp] SRX550 as MPLS/VPLS platform

2014-04-16 Thread Ben Dale
Hi Tom, I'm going through a deployment using a mixture of MX5s and SRX240s PE routers right now, and I've been pretty happy with the results. We're using RSVP-TE and BGP to set up L3VPNs, VPLSs and L2VPNs and it's working almost flawlessly. So far, the only issues I've encountered with the SR

Re: [j-nsp] SRX550 as MPLS/VPLS platform

2014-04-16 Thread Tom Storey
Cost, essentially. I have recommended the MX5-MX80 series instead, being a proper routing platform, but was asked to find other options too. On 16 Apr 2014 20:07, "Chris Jones" wrote: > Why not an MX instead? > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Tom Storey wrote: > >> Hi everyone. >> >> The

[j-nsp] SRX550 as MPLS/VPLS platform

2014-04-16 Thread Tom Storey
Hi everyone. The SRX240 works pretty well as an MPLS/VPLS platform when stuck in packet mode. I am wondering if the SRX550 operates in a similar way? Has anyone out there used an SRX550 as a slightly more high powered xPLS platform? Of particular interest it has 10GE modules available that the S