[Cisco] 9000 [Series Aggregation Services Routers are] great, but [I] wish it had more 100 gig ports.
May 06, 2019
[Cisco] 9000 [Series Aggregation Services Routers are] great, but [I] wish it had more 100 gig ports.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
The [Cisco] 9000 [Series Aggregation Services Routers are] being used as a 1 gig and 10 gig aggregation. It supports Layer 2 and Layer 3 as well as some complex MPLS applications that we require. It also does a great job with multicast routing.
- [The] layer 3 multicast [is done well]. It handles the additional load of multicast without issues. Other platforms we have used have had over-subscription issues.
- We've used several MPLS features such as pseudowire using bridge-domains as well as xconnects. Plenty of features to solve any design problem.
- [The] IOS XR [is done well]. I just love operating in IOS XR. Solve so many problems that exist in IOS.
- [There are] not enough 100 gig dense line cards.
- Positive - It was a great replacement for 7609s.
- We got more than 5 years out of it before needing more density.
- Negative - It could not support a lot of 100 gig ports.
- Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500)
We have replaced our [Cisco] 9000 [Series Aggregation Services Routers] with NCS 5500. The [Cisco] 9000 [Series Aggregation Services Routers] was able to handle the features we needed better than the NCS. We had to move our layer 2 down to Nexus switches.