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It is my understanding that there is an outside company, working with Cisco support, that will release either a plug-in to, or complete version of, VPNSC 2.2 that supports both Juniper and Unisphere as well as the growing line of supported Cisco gear. Since I don't know whether the release has been officially announced I can't mention the company by name. I do not know what specific platforms will be supported. Roger Williams >Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:23:21 -0400 >X-Authentication-Warning: host.secure4-hosting.net: mplsrc12 set sender to >mpls-ops-request@mplsrc.com using -f >Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:58:44 +0200 (CEST) >From: Peter Marenbach <pmarenbach@yahoo.de> >Subject: Re: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Orchestream & Cisco's VPNSC comparison >To: Tom Zingale <tomz@cisco.com>, mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >Resent-From: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >X-Mailing-List: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com> archive/latest/4434 >X-Loop: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >Resent-Sender: mpls-ops-request@mplsrc.com > >Tom, > >sorry for the delay. I'm not checking this mailbox too >often. > > > I work at Cisco with VPNSC. I would be interested > > in understanding what > > version of VPNSC you are testing ? > >Version 2.0.0.7. > > > >we did not really a detailed comparison of both > > >systems, but I had at least a look at both. The > > short > > >summary is: the advantage of VPNSC is that it is > > >cheaper, the advantage of Orchestream is that it is > > >the better software. > > > > > >The most often mentioned advantage of Orchestream > > is > > >that it supports multiple platforms. > > > > VPNSC does have multi-vendor support today. > >not in VPNSC 2.0. I had a short look at the Release >Notes for 2.2. There support for Cisco PIX was >announced. This is new but not still Cisco. Which >other vendors does VPNSC support today. And what >version of VPNSC are you talking about "today". > > > My impression is > > >that even if you have a Cisco only network, you > > will > > >benefit from the better internal data model > > >Orchestream implemented to be able to support > > >different vendors. I'm running VPNSC in a test > > >environment for half a year now and found that if > > >support of Cisco's own equipment is limited. E.g. > > it > > >supports only IOS routers. > > > > Not sure why you think VPNSC for support for Cisco > > is limited ? VPNSC > > supports and tests all major IOS versions, cards and > > hardware for all > > MPLS/VPN enabled PE devices. On the CE side we > > support virtually every > > device cisco offers. > >Just as an example: In 2.0 VPNSC does not support >dot1Q VLAN interfaces. Also, it does not support the >use of BRI interfaces for leased lines. > > > There is no way to easiliy > > >integrte support for other targets such as a RADIUS > > >server needed for Cisco's virtual homegateway > > feature. > > >Also, if you want to set special parameters like > > UBR > > >bandwidth for ATM sub-interfaces, this is extremly > > >difficult with VPNSC. > > Finally, VPNSC relies on IMHO > > >rather stange naming conventions, which make it > > >difficult for humans to understand a configuration > > >implemented by the system. > > > > > > If you want to talk offline on specifics of what you > > think we need to change > > this would be appreciated. > > > > >I would like to know if there are any productive > > >implementaions of VPNSC. I heard that multiple > > >providers started implementing VPNSC, but replaced > > the > > >system by Orchestream before actually putting it > > into > > >production. > > > > VPNSC has been sold in over 100 customers worldwide > > today with many major > > implentations today. Actually VPNSC is deployed in > > some of Cisco's largest > > MPLS/VPN customers. > >I know, that VPNSC was sold to may, many customers. >But this does not mean that they are happy with the >system nor that they actually use it in production. In >many cases VPNSC comes as add-on to the order of Cisco >hardware when providers are building up their MPLS-VPN >infrastructure. So having VPNSC does not mean using it >(as for my company). > >Regards, >Peter > >__________________________________________________________________ > >Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de >Möchten Sie mit einem Gruß antworten? http://grusskarten.yahoo.de > >------- >The MPLS-OPS Mailing List >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml >Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml |
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