Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Score 7.3 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) is a highly secure and highly available access-routing platform for service providers.	N/A

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Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

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Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)
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	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)
Considered Both Products	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) Ignacy Mikos Network Administrator Chose Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) Cisco NCS is smaller and for us newer. Better cost with similar capabilities. Incentivized Helpful? Ben Wiechman Director of Network Strategy and Engineering Chose Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) Higher 10G port density on NCS540 Availability of 25G/40G/100G provides greater flexibility Good choice when full line rate is not needed Incentivized Helpful?

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	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Well suited for10G aggregation at network edge. Small managed networks such as school districts or distributed enterprise campus. Not well suited to RPHY aggregation at network core — queuing in NCS540 results in jitter and poor RPHY performance. Allow port license purchases in smaller units. Better support for SLA performance monitoring capabilities would allow use as a box for 10G aggregation for Carrier Ethernet NNI handoff. Incentivized Ben Wiechman Director of Network Strategy and Engineering Read full review
Pros	Cisco Switching. Routing. Access. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco MPLS feature set on NCS520 Full support for RFC2544, Y.1564 across the product line Greater clarity of the impact of smaller buffers on NCS540 when compared to other Qumran chipsets — some use cases like RPHY aggregation at network core are not a good fit. Incentivized Ben Wiechman Director of Network Strategy and Engineering Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco Cisco NCS is smaller and for us newer. Better cost with similar capabilities. Incentivized Ignacy Mikos Network Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Relatively low cost access layer device. Very cost effective means of getting 10G interfaces. Some features available on other devices out of the box are more complex or absent on the NCS without licensing or assistance. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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