RE: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

[Shawn L via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

The Accedian boxes are nice, as long as you remember they're not switches or routers.  We've used them for specific use 
cases, but have to remember that there's things you just can't do on them.  Though things may have changed on them 
since we used them.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: aaron1 () gvtc com
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 1:31pm
To: "'Colton Conor'" <colton.conor () gmail com>, "'NANOG'" <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: RE: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs




Wow, ciena has the means to implement SR and MPLS services?  I mean they run the underlying LS IGP to signal those 
SID’s ??  I didn’t know that.  I may look at them in the future then.  I thought Ciena just did some sort of static 
mpls-tp or something…
 
We use Accedian as NID’s with SkyLight director for PAA (SLA stuff)…and uplink those into our network at (yester-year, 
Cisco ME3600’s and ASR9000’s), but now, ACX5048 and MX204
 
-Aaron