Re: OT: Ericsson SSR Router Vs Juniper MX series

From: Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:15:24 +0100

My point is we can do nothing about it apart from having a moan :p

Back to labbing!

--
BR
Sent from my iPhone on 3
On 15 Oct 2012, at 23:42, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> Well... Cisco has it in India. Your point? :-)
> 
> --
> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
> Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
> 
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah I seen that, this is what were all fearing oh and weren't there faults on
>> switch fabric similar to cat os...
>> 
>> Alcatel (although being french) tried a similar trick with an r&d facility in
>> turkey no copyright laws you get the picture...
>> 
>> --
>> BR
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>> 
>> On 15 Oct 2012, at 18:59, marc abel <marcabel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I hope this doesn't come across a nationalistic or xenophobic but in regards
>> to Huwaei, are any of you uncomfortable having a Chinese company providing
>> your core infrastructure? I am sure all governments participate in state
>> sponsored hacking, but the Chinese just seem to take it to a whole different
>> level. Combined with the fact that Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the company,
>> served as an engineer in the Chinese army in the early 1980. Just last week
>> the US House Intelligence Committee called Huwaei a national security threat
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/us/us-panel-calls-huawei-and-zte-national-s
>> ecurity-threat.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
>>> 
>>> -Marc Abel
>>> CCIE #35470
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Huwaei now Cisco's main competitor Cisco said themselves, I'm surprised  how
>> easy uk government have made it for them, Fujitsu Ericsson have had to come
>> out of their respective markets as they cant compete financially, Huwaei have
>> just announced a 1.3b deal in the uk which see's them opening and r&d plant in
>> London , they have also employed lords as advisors to their board - so to
>> sweeten the government!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> BR
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>> 
>>> On 15 Oct 2012, at 18:06, Shaughn <maniac.smg_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Agreed
>>>> 
>>>> It's a pity far too many operators these days put more emphasis on price
>> than on an actual like for like basis.
>>>> 
>>>> The initial price might be low but those multi year services agreements
>> tend to make up for that
>>>> 
>>>> Just saying
>>>> 
>>>> CCIE # 23962 (SP)
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 15 Oct 2012, at 6:35 PM, Cristian Ionescu <cristi.fx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi guys
>>>>> 
>>>>> I must say that not allways the price is everything. You must take in
>> consideration also the post-sales support.
>>>>> Of course is hard to beat huawei on prices. They are working with price
>> dumping and they want, if possible, the whole pie.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cristian
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 15, 2012, at 9:00, Muhammad Nasim <muhammad.nasim_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> If Price is the case, check Huwaie NE series, you will not be
>> disappointed,
>>>>>> I have seen big big ISPs here in middleeast who never in their DREAM
>> wanted
>>>>>> to go for Huwaie (you know right how we networking guys always think
>> Cisco,
>>>>>> Juniper,F5 , Brocade and others but NO HUWAIE). However after seeing
>> the
>>>>>> price difference they went for Huwai.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I know big deal of Smart City soluiton here in middleeast where Cisco
>>>>>> worked like crazy on prices but at the end HUWAI took the prices. I
>> really
>>>>>> doubt if anyone can beat HUWAI prices : )
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Routing Freak
>> <routingfreak_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Gaurav, ASR's price is very expensive when compared to SSR or MX960.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Joe, u got to be kidding me. no way that Huwaei bought Ericsson.
>> Ericsson
>>>>>>> acquired Redback and Redbacks product such as Smart Edge is now under
>>>>>>> Ercisson control
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> and now Ericsson has built its own Multi Service Edge router called as
>> SSR
>>>>>>> ( Smart Service Router ) which is fast replacing all Cisco ASR 9k  and
>>>>>>> Junipers MX960 in the market nowadays.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Becasue its price is low when compared with ASR or MX and its
>> performance
>>>>>>> and feature set and their fabric architecture is too good when compared
>> to
>>>>>>> ASR9k.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I dont have much idea on MX960 fabric, but SSR fabric and throughput
>> is
>>>>>>> extrememly good when compared to ASR9k
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 140Gb/slot thorughput with 20 slots and three stage fabric with benes
>>>>>>> architecture separated by midplanes and 188 Packet switching engines
>> and
>>>>>>> dedicated Fabric Queues
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Overall the throughput of the box is 2Tb .
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> HI alberto
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for ur suggestion, a quick question on MX960 . Whether MX960 has
>> te
>>>>>>> hardware forwarding rate for Subscriber traffic and has built in
>> Hardware
>>>>>>> QOS ( Txring and RXring ) for wach customer profile. Is it possible in
>>>>>>> MX960.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Marko
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What is ur suggestion on Redback based routers ? Redback is good old
>>>>>>> router. Now on the new age, do u see anyone knows about these SSR or
>> SE
>>>>>>> routers in the real time market .
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Alberto <albertofsantos_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>> I think u should at least test Ericsson's SSR, it is a mult service
>>>>>>> router
>>>>>>>> and it incorporate almost all smartedge featues and Based on what
>> i've
>>>>>>> seem
>>>>>>>> it will scale more than MX's and ASR's
>>>>>>>> Either in number of sessions or thrput
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> BR/
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Enviado via iPhone
>>>>>>>> CCIE# 26648
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Em 14/10/2012, `s 13:50, Routing Freak <routingfreak_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>> escreveu:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I have a brand new customer site building up for their Edge
>>>>>>> functionality
>>>>>>>>> such as  Broadband Aggregation and Broadband Network Gateway ( BNG )
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> their  10000 + Customer base sites. I have a option to use either
>>>>>>>> Ericsson
>>>>>>>>> SSR router or Juniper MX 960 series router
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest me which one to go for ? Either for Ericsson SSR
>>>>>>>> Router
>>>>>>>>> or junipers MX960.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Has anyone worked previously in Ericsson SSR router. I have seen a
>> very
>>>>>>>>> good feature set for BNG . Has anyone advice me on Ericsson router.
>> I
>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> seen that there is a good customer base for Ericsson in Broadband
>>>>>>> Network
>>>>>>>>> Aggregation and Broadband Network Gateway
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> And i have seen the Juniper MX960 performance and also their feature
>>>>>>> set
>>>>>>>>> for BNG is quite good. But MX Series is only used as a Metro
>> Ethernet
>>>>>>>>> Profile and also as a MPLS box exclusively and they dont have a very
>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>> performance on BNG set as far as the comments and feedback from
>> several
>>>>>>>>> peers and customers.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So can anyone shed some light on both these routers and has anyone
>> has
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>> real time experience in working on these routers on BNG front.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Please do advice me on this .
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> THanks.
>>>>>>>>> 
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