I'd avoid the 7280R for this. Works great as a P router for cheap, fast label switching, but their VRF implementation is lacking with both route-leaking and MP-BGP address family (other than standard ipv4+ipv6) support being nonexistent.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 3:12 PM, David Hubbard < dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote: > Would Arista 7280R work? Gets you 48+ 10gig and a couple QSFP ports even > in the cheapest model. I believe it has the features you want. Haven’t > done MPLS with it, but I’ve got some running OSPF/OSPFv3 with no issues. > > On 4/13/17, 5:37 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Erik Sundberg" > <nanog-bounces+ispcolohost=gmail....@nanog.org on behalf of > esundb...@nitelusa.com> wrote: > > Hey Nanog, > > Looking for a new metroE Edge switch that has more that 10x 10G ports. > I am having a hard time finding anything worthwhile without buying a full > blown ASR9K Chassis or another vendor's chassis. > > Requirements > MEF compliant > 1-2U small foot print > 10G Ports will be used for ENNI's and UNI Ports > Prefer MPLS support for L2VPN's (EoMPLS and VPLS) > QOS per Sub interface\vlan on a ENNI > Cost effect 10G Ports > 100G Not required > > > Looking at the > ASR920's - Great box for 1G but not enough 10G Ports Only 4 > NCS5001/NCS5501 - New\unproven\probably buggy, Lacking some features & > QOS issues :/ > ASR900 - Looks good, but was hoping for a smaller foot print. If I > remember right the 8x10G Cards can't go in every slot. > > Any other platforms I should be looking at? > > Ciena, Brocade, Juniper? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > -Erik > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, > files or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain confidential > information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to > this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this > transmission in error please notify the sender immediately by replying to > this e-mail. You must destroy the original transmission and its attachments > without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you. > > >
