The M7i has two choices of Forwarding Engine Boards (FEBs). There is a services capable FEB (FEB-M7-SVCS-MS-E-BB) and a non-services capable FEB (FEB-M7i-E-BB). The list price difference between the two is substancial. Depending on your performance needs, an integrated FEB may not provide enough horsepower. If this is the case, the MS-100 PIC for the M7i would be the next tier option. <div>
<br></div><div>-Eddie</div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Mark Tinka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtinka@globaltransit.net">mtinka@globaltransit.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:10:14 AM Brielle Bruns<br>
wrote:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> We've got an m7i that we can't do IPv6 tunneling on<br>
> because that's a 'extra feature' and not only requires a<br>
> special board but extra license. Pretty much made sure I<br>
> won't be using juniper products instead of<br>
> Foundry/Brocade or Cisco.<br>
<br>
</div>You don't need a license to run v6 on an M7i/M10i router.<br>
You just need a Tunnel PIC.<br>
<br>
The M7i normally comes with one (in-built) on the CFEB by<br>
default. If you don't have it, that's strange but it can be<br>
added after-the-fact via an ASM (Adaptive Services Module).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> It's beyond absurd. Even my ancient cisco 2600s can do<br>
> v6 tunneling and functionality with a v6 image and<br>
> without needing a special board.<br>
<br>
</div>Unlike Cisco newer Juniper platforms, tunneling was not an<br>
integrated forwarding process in the Juniper systems, i.e.,<br>
neither as part of the line card (until now) nor the<br>
software, hence the need for a Tunnel PIC to support<br>
tunneling.<br>
<br>
Suffice it to say, on some Cisco hardware-based platforms,<br>
failure of hardware to forward transit traffic causes those<br>
packets to be forwarded by the CPU. For Juniper, it's all or<br>
nothing - if the hardware can't forward the packet, it's<br>
dropped and CPU can't do anything about it.<br>
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Mark.<br>
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