Re: 40G QSFP+ to 4 SFP+ on MX960

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 2/25/22 09:04, Saku Ytti wrote:

> Then you went too far. For many users the 40G port is there to 
> increase 10G density, by offering 4x10GE breakout. It is already 
> difficult to support 1GE customers and 10GE is starting to become 
> problematic. But SP networks actually have these customers, and not 
> every application on the Internet will always need more and more 
> capacity, so many of these customers have no requirement to ever 
> purchase faster ports.
>
> If you live in cloudyworld, sure, denser and faster. But this mode of 
> thinking is making life at SP networks rather difficult.

100%.

New boxes from Juniper that have shipped with a minimum of 10Gbps when 
we still have 1Gbps use-cases has meant we've put orders off. 12 months 
later, they have new iterations of the boxes now allowing for all the 
way down to 1Gbps.

CloudyWorld is giving OEM's the impression that NetworkWorld also have 
the same requirements. It's good to see some OEM's are getting back to 
their roots, but it's not easy work.

DWDM vendors are the worst, because they look at all orders with DCI eye 
glasses.

Mark.