Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

[Ryan Gasik <rgasik () hunterfiber com>]

I've been deploying the 7210 SAS S and Sx for a while now as MPLS PEs.
I haven't had any major issues. Mixes well with our existing Juniper
infrastructure.
--ryan

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 6:26 AM Thomas Scott <mr.thomas.scott () gmail com> wrote:
> Second vote for the Nokia 7200 line, their price points are hard to beat. The 7250 was originally designed (per the 
> Nokia reps I've talked to) to be a data center switch, but I've seen more than one MSO deploy them in the field to 
> great effect. They also make fantastic satellite boxes for their 7750 chassis. The 7210 is definitely older, but is a 
> fantastic little MPLS PE router.
>
> SRoS is also easy to pickup, considering it was written by ex-Juniper and Cisco employees (TiMetra/TiMos if I recall 
> correctly?)
>
> - Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.scott () gmail com
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 7:10 AM Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net> wrote:
> > On 5/26/21 12:39 PM, Colton Conor wrote:
> > > Ciena seems to have multiple options available with Segment Routing,
> > > MPLS, and streaming telemetry support. I am probably most interested
> > > in what Ciena has to offer. Has anyone deployed the 3000 or 5000
> > > product line of Ciena? How does it compare to Juniper? The Ciena 3924
> > > is sub $1000 for example, and has 4 10G ports on it.
> >
> > I've used the Ciena 3000 series switches as NIDs a fair bit and have no
> > real complaints about them aside from TAC being a bit loathe to give out
> > new versions of SAOS even when the version you've got deployed is going
> > EOL.  I've not used the MPLS functionality mostly because it's a pricey
> > software license add-on and I can get by without, but the MEF and
> > associated carrier-oriented Ethernet functionality seems to be pretty
> > much top notch in terms of feature set, stability, and configurability.
> > I mostly use the 3928 though partially because the 3924 is new enough it
> > didn't make it into my standard build-out BOM.  The 3928 does also have
> > redundant PSU (fixed, but there are two) if that matters to you.  At
> > sub-$1000, the 3924 is a good deal in comparison if it'll do what you need.
> >
> > If you've never used them, you might find the config language a bit
> > annoying in that it's more Yoda syntax than Cisco, but it's also more
> > consistent than Cisco (what isn't?), so it's got that going for it.
> > Documentation is alright.  TAC is responsive to inquiries.
> >
> > --
> > Brandon Martin