So can this compete routing wise against something like a Juniper MX104 or Cisco ASR 9001?
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:42 PM, lincoln dale <l...@interlink.com.au> wrote: > Yes. We also have 1M+ FIB support day one too - hence the letter 'R' > denoting the evolution with 3rd generation of its evolution to internet > edge/router use cases. > > Not sure what other vendors are doing but I doubt others are yet shipping > large table support. > (there's more to it than just the underlying native silicon) > > > cheers, > > lincoln. (l...@arista.com) > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> As a follow up to this post, it look like the Arista 7500R series has this >> new chip inside of it. >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Jeff Tantsura < >> jeff.tants...@ericsson.com> >> wrote: >> >> > That's right, logic is in programming chips, not their property. You >> just >> > need to know what to program ;-) >> > >> > Regards, >> > Jeff >> > >> > > On Jan 19, 2016, at 10:10 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> On 20/Jan/16 00:17, Phil Bedard wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Good point, there are many people looking at what I call FIB >> > optimization right now. The key is having the programmability on the >> > device to make it happen. Juniper/Cisco support it using policies to >> > filter RIB->FIB and I believe both also do per-NPU/PFE localized FIBs >> now. >> > I am not sure if that’s something supported on this new Broadcom >> chipset. >> > Depends on your network of course and where you are looking to position >> the >> > router. >> > > >> > > I don't think the FIB needs to have specific support for selective >> > > programming. >> > > >> > > I think that comes in the code to instruct the control plane what it >> > > should download to the FIB. >> > > >> > > Cisco's and Juniper's support of this is on FIB that has been in >> > > production long before the feature became available. It was just added >> > > to code. >> > > >> > > Mark. >> > >> > >
