CPE/OC12 Question

Thu May 16 08:20:44 UTC 2002

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:42:19PM -0400, Streiner, Justin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Sonya Blake wrote:
> 
> > What kind of OC12 CPE devices (routers) are people using out there?
> > Initially for Internet connectivity, but probably would need to do advance
> > features, i.e. BGP, etc.
> 
> Are you referring to an OC12c that you're using as a single 622 Mb/s pipe,
> or an OC12 that you're bringing into a SONET add/drop mux and breaking out
> STS-1 slots for DS3s or OC3/OC3c slots?
> 
> If you're talking about an OC12c, your choices would probably be:
> Cisco 7600
> Cisco 10000
> Cisco 12xxx
> Juniper M-series - I think even an M5 could do an OC12c, though I'm not
> 	sure.

Yes, a M5 has 4 slots each capable of OC12, GigE or lower speed
interfaces.

> Other offerings by Riverstone, Avici and others that I'm not as familiar
> with.
> 
> You can put an OC12c into a Cisco 7200/7500 *in theory* using an OC12c DPT
> card, but the router will likely crap out long before you come close to
> saturating the pipe.

Amen

/Jesper

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