Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
Considered Both Products
Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
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Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
The Cisco 1000 series devices in most cases perform vastly different roles in a large network than the ASR 9000s. They take up a lot less physical space, require less cooling and less power consumption at a lower cost. However, they cannot process information at the same …
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
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Chose Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
The Cisco NCS 5500 series router continues the evolution of the network router. It can be used in similar parts of a network as the older Cisco 7500 and 12000 series routers, and it can either replace older or work in conjunction with ASR series routers. The smaller form …
Chose Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
Ultimately other Arista and Juniper choices were tested but design and testing did not give much detail as to why these are better overall or in comparison. We are already using Cisco in this level of the topology so that was most likely the strongest reason and fit the …