Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

[Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>]

Patrick,

How long ago was this, and what code were they running?

What do you recommend for aggregation then?

On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 9:17 PM Patrick Cole <z () amused net> wrote:

> We ran a medium sized mpls network using ciena 3900 and 5000 series boxes
> on our microwave network.
>
> Nothing but problems, the mpls code was just not mature enough and our
> radio network had the boxes falling apart at the seams as storms rolled
> through.  At that time they didn't support FRR or proper CSPF so everything
> had to be manually engineered active standby LSPs. Not sure if things have
> changed now. These boxes have Nortel vintage and they seemed best delloyed
> using PBB TE as it was mature.
>
> As an NID though they are not a bad option but not in core or aggregation
> IMHO.
>
> On 29 May 2021 08:49:51 Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I was surprised as you that they have these routing features. I was
> > also surprised they had multiple boxes that compete with
> > aggregation devices like the ACX5048. The question is how good is Ciena's
> > MPLS, switching, and routing stack compared to the established players of
> > Juniper, Cisco, and Nokia? Ciena is no small company, so I think they would
> > have the resources to make it happen.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:32 PM <aaron1 () gvtc com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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