On 26/04/16 14:27, Chris Welti wrote: > Judging from the NCS 5001 configuration guides they (NCS5K) don't support > any VPLS, is that correct? Just EoMPLS?
It's not targeted as a full-feature box AFAIK. You've got the ASR9k and ASR9xx series for this sort of thing. I do recall some mention of NCS5k supporting Segment Routing though - that seemed quite handy for future MPLS P requirements. >> Some might be thinking "9001 upgrade!" but it's more likely direct >> competition to Arista's recent moves. That and I still hope there will >> be a MOD200-ish 9001 replacement to come at some point. > > I had hoped for MOD400-ish 9001 replacement for a while, > however, I was told an ASR9001 successor is highly unlikely > in the next few years unless a very large customer asks for it. I've heard some rumours to the contrary - presumably it could still be canned. Tomahawk is still quite new, and the 9001 still sells well, so perhaps the market just isn't ready yet. I guarantee Cisco's sales of any given product proceed along these lines: 1. Product sales for flagship $model are good 2. Announce flagship $model+1 to public 3. Product sales for $model plummet, whilst everyone waits for $model+1 Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's really bad. :) >> Oh - and it's NCS 55k, not NCS 5k. The NCS 5508 is already a product, >> noted for its better buffers than the NCS 5001 & 5002 (which also >> already exist). > > Does the NCS 5508 support VPLS? I don't recall looking closely, but I very much doubt it due to the reasons mentioned above. -- Tom
