Patrick, Yes, I would say that was quite some time ago. From my most recent quotes from Ciena, they have version 6, version 8, and version 10 products now. I wonder if they have improved (I would hope) over the years.
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 10:12 PM Patrick Cole <z...@amused.net> wrote: > Colton, > > This was 6+ years ago, SAOS 6.14, so I don't know it might be better now. > > We changed to Cisco ASR920 and it was a night and day difference - we now > have > 90ish ASR920s in production but are migrating toward the NCS540X. > > Patrick > > Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:13:13AM -0500, Colton Conor wrote: > > > > 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.co...@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 <aar...@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 SIDâ**s ?? I > > didnâ**t know that. I may look at them in the future then. I > > thought Ciena just did some sort of static mpls-tp or > somethingâ*¦ > > > > > > > > We use Accedian as NIDâ**s with SkyLight director for PAA (SLA > > stuff)â*¦and uplink those into our network at (yester-year, > Cisco > > ME3600â**s and ASR9000â**s), but now, ACX5048 and MX204 > > > > > > > > -Aaron > > > > > > -- > Patrick Cole <patrick.c...@spirit.com.au> > Chief Engineer > Spirit Technology Solutions > 19-25 Raglan St, South Melbourne VIC 3205 > Desk: 0385541391 > Mobile: 0410626630 >
