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["alok" <alok.dube@apara.com>]

i dont think anyone will dump IP.....with MPLS-RSVP-TE etc etc developing,
IP can replace a lot of circuit switched technologies now....

Nortel is one of the best guys for switching (extreme looks good
too....)....and their ethernet profile is pretty good...

The amount of stuff they have done in L4 switching and the way they have
redesigned their MSS and 15k etc, Meridian, Norstar BCM...seems good too....

but in terms of VOIP, SDH, Carrier class etc... they have always given great
solutions..

ERX...Ive never worked on it so i dunno the limitations.....but
Shasta...definately is good....

Cosine..hmm..... need to check that out too....never played on it...

Wonder what ERX plans to move into? DSL exclusively?

rgds
Alok
----- Original Message -----
From: NOC Ops <theguber@hotmail.com>
To: <alok.dube@apara.com>; <asimha@cisco.com>; <balaji.c@ntt.com>
Cc: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Outbound Internet Connectivity !!!


Do not bank on the ERX as an Edge Device anymore...Thsi is what I got from
some recent ex-employees:

The ERX is being positioned and focused going
forward strictly as a BRAS, with the M-series focused
on edge routing.

Of course this development is at odds with the very
successful "one box solution" story that UNI
pitched. Internally the plan is for no new
development of edge routing features on the
ERX.

Nortel/Shasta - yeah maybe technically...but do you think Nortel might dump
IP again soon?

Cosine is the other box to look at that does it very well.




>From: "alok" <alok.dube@apara.com>
>To: "Ajay Simha" <asimha@cisco.com>,   "Balaji Chandrasekaran"
><balaji.c@ntt.com>
>CC: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
>Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Outbound Internet Connectivity !!!
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:44:13 +0530
>
>look at Shasta ;o)
>or Unisphere
>
>2 nice products to cater to the same
>-rgds
>a
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ajay Simha <asimha@cisco.com>
>To: Balaji Chandrasekaran <balaji.c@ntt.com>
>Cc: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:30 AM
>Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Outbound Internet Connectivity !!!
>
>
>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Balaji Chandrasekaran wrote:
>
> >BC:Hello,
> >BC:
> >BC:Is there any Service Provider who is providing or planning to provide
> >BC:Outbound Internet Connectivity Service.
>
>Sure. Lots of them.
> >BC:
> >BC:Can that be considered as a vulnerable point for all customers using
>it
> >BC:because it connects to the Internet.
>
>You can have a centralized Internet gateway that the PEs default route to.
>This gateway can then go out on a firewall to the Internet. This does not
>compromise the PEs especially if you turn off TTL propagation in the MPLS
>core
>and PE routers for forwarding.
>
>-ajay
>
> >BC:
> >BC:Bala.
> >BC:
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