fixed configuration 48 port layer 3 routers

Truman Boyes truman at suspicious.org
Fri Nov 7 01:26:29 CET 2008


Hi Mike,

Juniper MX 240s support:

* IPv6 (RA, DHCPv6)
* OSPFv3
* CoS, L2/L3 aggregation
* L2VPN/ VPLS/ Internet / L3VPN
* 4 slot chassis, 5RU high
* Each DPC (line card) can have 40GE ports.
* Hierarchical shaping (on inner and outer vlans)
* 240Gbps switching fabric, wirespeed forwarding, etc ,etc.
* yes it supports BGP
* Runs standard JUNOS

Truman


On 6/11/2008, at 7:03 PM, Mike Leber wrote:

>
> Hi, I'd like to hear what solutions people are using as a fixed  
> configuration 48 port layer 3 router (for customer aggregation) that  
> supports OSPFv3 and IPv6 (BGP a plus but not required), and a rough  
> price that it cost.
>
> We've been evaluating (and using) various boxes over the years and  
> so far all the solutions have the same high per port cost as a core  
> router.
>
> I'm looking for something the is the same or close to the cost we'd  
> see for fixed configuration IPv4 routers, so that we have a good  
> answer for what to tell people to use (other than core routers or  
> quagga and switches).
>
> Considerations are:
>
> layer 3 wirespeed IPv6 and IPv4 routing
> OSPFv3
> at least 8000 ARP entries *with* IPv6 enabled
> 48 ports
> 10/100/1000 copper
> optional 10GE uplink
> BGP a plus, but not required.
>
> Mike.
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