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March 17, 2020
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System Review
The Cisco 5500 NCS is a full-featured very versatile family of routers. There are currently 4 different chassis models that suit various network needs from Enterprise, to Data Center, to Service Provider edge and Service Provider core. We are currently using the Cisco NCS 5508 in various parts of the network due to its versatility.
- It is versatile due to the diversity in models and form factors.
- Low power consumption compared to similar models
- Mature operating system code allowing for quick production installation and configuration.
- The 5508 router may not be as capable as the equivalent ASR 9000 as an edge device.
- QoS/TCAM memory and Forwarding capacity with the NCS on high-traffic load
- Protection during amplified DDOS attacks could be another concern.
We are using this platform across our whole organization for standardization of the services we deliver in our department for each site in our topology. The NCS 5500 allows us to scale up to 16 slots on a 5516 with each card having its own features and memory addressing depending on the network design.
- High-density 100g ports
- Card features scale with application or design
- Support for segment routing and WAN aggregation
- When upgrading components of the NCS 5500 it can take a particularly long time and many steps to confirm additional components. Have all updates on the need basis instead of a one-step process.
We use the NCS5508 series as our data center interconnect to aggregate multiple cages with a data center together, as well as to converge multiple physical sites together. The NCS5508 connect to other 5508's over our NCS2000/1000 DWDM infrastructure over a large metro region. They are a good price and solved our problem appropriately. They also have a huge amount of bandwidth (36x100Gb blades) and are running XR, which is great for automation.
- Large bandwidth per blade at 36x100Gb.
- IOS-XR for full functionality of automation and service provider experience.
- Great price per port when looking at the scaling opportunity.
- Horizontal blade designs are rare these days because if the gear is shipped in a rack, the blade can bend. The NCS5500's blades are horizontal.
- Not a NCS5500 specific issue, but XR has a ways to go, but will continue to grow with customer input.
February 05, 2019
Performance and reliability workhorses
We're using Cisco Routers for all our L3 corporate-wide. They're also bridging the gap for wifi connections for employees, hosts, and lab environments. They're paramount for our security strategy, and make it easy to capture and analyze traffic patterns, prevent outages, and forecast infrastructure growth needs. Cisco Routers are true performance and reliability workhorses.
- Packet routing and forwarding.
- Monitoring and usage tracking.
- Distributed and high-availability architecture.
- The price tag is on the high side.
December 06, 2018
Cisco Routers Rise to the Top
Cisco Routers are being used across the whole organization in the multiple locations of the hospital. They help establish a secure and efficient pipeline of wifi connection for both our staff, patients, and families. Pushing forward on a mobile learning strategy, our network is helping my team and department determine where, when, and how our staff is accessing educational resources. Analysis of traffic patterns are helping us determine infrastructure needs and laying a foundation for our internal device expansion.
- Excellent monitoring capabilities to track usage and map traffic.
- Top tier mesh networking allows use to expand our network capabilities into low signal areas.
- High traffic load bearing bands allow for excellent visitor usage.
- Pricing
- Our routers are already outdated, even having been installed within the last 2 years
- I was using Meraki as a test environment before being acquired by Cisco.
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500) Scorecard Summary
About Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500) Series offers industry-leading density of routed 100 GE ports for high-scale WAN aggregation.
Categories: Routers
Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500) Technical Details
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