re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy EmergingI work for a new startup carrier and we had a two days workshop in Alcatel. We put the 7450 under extensive testing and it performed quite well.
Along with the SAM and 7750, no wonder they've winning market share.
re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy EmergingI'm very familiar with the ALA deployments to date and can assure everyone on this thread that the 7450 is very much real and in use.
re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy Emerging"Mostly correct answer. It is a cost reduced platform based on the 7750. The SW codebase is the same for both platforms and all of the HA features are supported: non-stop routing and non-stop services, both of which feature fully stateful mirroring of protocol and service information. It was mainly developed by the former TiMetra people and some Alcatel people from Belgium. " =================
Hmmm, I disagree. According to the info I have from Alcatel, the following features are not supported on the 7450 without loss or reset of routing control information: - Graceful restart - Non-stop routing - Software upgrade/downgrade
Talk to your sales rep or contacts from Alcatel. The HA functions that were available (and tested/verified by BTExact) on the 7750 were ported/synced with the 7450 on the most recent code release in August as well as adding the new Non-Stop Services (NSS) functions.
The 7450 really is the only purpose built product for carrier ethernet services and is very good at delivering them. I would also say that the 7750 is probably the most stable, scalable, feature-rich edge-router you can purchase today AND it is generally less expensive than brand C and brand J. It is certainly easy to say but the market facts for anyone that knows them back this up.
re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy EmergingYou go girl! You set a fine example of corporate citizenship. Everything needed to get your throat slit. Just ask Juniporola. Why aren't you guys doing something great as a company with all your tools instead of just being happy with who you are? I mean wake up, with all that resource and you're fighting with Cisco? Send me a consultant fee and I will give you some ideas. Post your email for all the spammers^W^W^Wme to see.
Ooooh, I forgot to mention Non Stop Services. Which only Alcatel must have?
Note: Clues will be provided by email. I cannot talk about my ideas at work, but I can tell you were to stick all that resource. sig.
re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy EmergingSee Alcatel sponsered Webinar "Delivering Carrier Ethernet Services: Real Life Stories*" in the LR Webinar Archives for customer comments on deployments. Check out the 7750 architecture to see that it wasn't just removing processors to get a 7450.
re: Juniper's Ethernet Strategy Emergingyhza: IP only (No TDM), VPLS, EPL, EIA and IP-VPN. Our access network is based on IP-DSLAMs, WiMax & Ethernet. _________________________________________________
Are there any wi-max line cards, or you have to use separate access equipment for the same? thx
Along with the SAM and 7750, no wonder they've winning market share.
Yhza