Re: Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR)

[Stephen Fulton <sf () lists esoteric ca>]

What's the price point of an SR-A4?  Comparable to the MX104 or ASR9001?

-- Stephen

On 2015-05-06 7:13 PM, Craig wrote:
> If you know Juniper and Cisco, the learning curve isn't so bad to pick up
> the ALU CLI, after working with it for a brief time, you catch on quickly.
> Their products are quite impressive, and a # of the carriers, are moving to
> them and some have already moved to them and are quite happy with their
> decision.
>
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I am worried as most tech's know Cisco and Juniper, so going to ALU would
> > be a learning curve based on replies I am getting off list.
> >
> > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Dan Snyder <sliplever () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > They are definitely good for that. We use them in part of our network for
> > > something very similar.
> > >
> > > I am not sure why they aren't mentioned that much. I know that they have
> > > been pretty popular in the past couple years.
> > >
> > > We are planning on using 7750 SR-a4's in the future but right now we
> > > mainly have 7750SR7/12s.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On May 6, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Taking full BGP routes from 4+ carriers on 10G connections. Why is ALU
> > > never mentioned, but Juniper MX and Cisco are all day long?
> > >
> > > The new 7750 SR-a4 looks like a Juniper MX80 or MX104 killer.
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Dan Snyder <sliplever () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We have been using them for almost 8 years now and have been pretty
> > > > happy. What are you looking to use them for?
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > > > > On May 6, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I was wondering if anyone was using a  Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service
> > > > Router
> > > > > (SR) in their network? How does this platform compare the the Cisco
> > ASR,
> > > > > Brocade MLXe, and Juniper MX line?