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Cisco 7600 vs ASR 9000
From: Nick Colton <networkjedi () geekwhore net>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:22:49 -0600
I work for a small CLEC, we have been doing FTTP for 5 years now but are getting ready to update our core network and introduce IPTV services. Cisco has been recommending the Cisco 7600 as our core router. My concern is that cisco told us that in the event of an RSP failover the 7600 could take up to 30 seconds to begin routing packets again, this seems wrong to me since my old Extreme Networks BD 6808 can do failovers and rebuild route tables in under 5 seconds but?? More recently I have been reading up on the ASR 9000 however and it appears that it would be better sized for our company than the 7600. A few questions I have for the group. 1. Has anyone used the ASR 9000 in place of a Cisco 7600? 2. Is the ASR 9000 Carrier ready? Meaning 5x9's of availability, few component failures, solid software...etc 3. Has anyone had issues where it took the 7600 30 seconds to start routing again after an RSP failover? Thanks, Nick
Current thread:
- Cisco 7600 vs ASR 9000 Nick Colton (Sep 21)
- Re: Cisco 7600 vs ASR 9000 Alex H. Ryu (Sep 21)
- Re: Cisco 7600 vs ASR 9000 Jared Mauch (Sep 22)
- Re: Cisco 7600 vs ASR 9000 Terje Bless (Sep 22)