CenturyLink Wavelength Services vs. Cisco NCS Optical Series

This Cisco platform creates a secure channel whereby all the company's data can easily be managed and the integration supports is on top, giving the user the ability to handle a huge amount of various data at once and the reports are very reliable and easy to make. Notification tools are very active and also network-building tools are effective and easy options for understanding.

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• Label switch routing.
• Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile.
• Ethernet switching.

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• Configuration of the features is not that easy.
• Multiple network connections management to new users is turf.
• Monitoring all the networks and servers performance through the tool.

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As it runs on XR there the config is very straightforward. We implement the design obtained from the engineering team and haven't had issues. I have opened few tickets to resolve any doubts and Cisco has been supportive so far.

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I have used Cisco 5000 series mostly as it has other L3 routing capabilities. We use it on core to route IS-IS, OSPF and also peer it on BGP.

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It supports hundred-gig links and ten-gig links, and scalability hasn't been a problem with this device. It can used on distribution layer.

Incentivized

• Better experience on network traffic management.
• Obtaining processing reports is excellent.
• Nice for the easy data moving.
• Information sharing tool.

Incentivized