Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR)

[modonovan at carra.btireland.net (Mick O'Donovan)]

+1 for the command structure and configuration being pretty simple to 
follow if you're used to a Cisco or Juniper.

In the main they are pretty good at what they do I guess but I'm not 
sure whether or not we're having seriously bad luck or there's something 
else a miss but sadly we've had a near 50% hardware failure rate on some 
of the cards we have deployed in our 7750 SR12 infrastructure.

Reply off list if you need any more information.

Mick

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On 07/05/15 05:29, Phil Bedard wrote:
> The show stuff is certainly there but the config is a bit different.  You may have to get used to using the "info" command.  :)
>
> They also use logical IP interfaces which are then tied to physical, you don't directly configure L3 on a physical interface.  You also have designations between service and network physical interfaces, although nowadays they can be set as "hybrid.".
>
> It's really pretty simple if you are used to a Cisco or Juniper.  They have tab and ? completion now for both commands as well as elements similar to Junos which is helpful.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Bob Evans" <bob at FiberInternetCenter.com>
> Sent: ?5/?6/?2015 11:55 PM
> To: "nanog at nanog.org" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR)
>
>
> I will be getting one to try.  I am pretty sure it will support the ol'
> "show ?   ,    config  ?"  If not that might be a problem :-)
>
> Thank You
> Bob Evans
> CTO
>
>
>
>
>> What's the price point of an SR-A4?  Comparable to the MX104 or ASR9001?
>>
>> -- Stephen
>>
>> On 2015-05-06 7:13 PM, Craig wrote:
>>> If you know Juniper and Cisco, the learning curve isn't so bad to pick
>>> up
>>> the ALU CLI, after working with it for a brief time, you catch on
>>> quickly.
>>> Their products are quite impressive, and a # of the carriers, are moving
>>> to
>>> them and some have already moved to them and are quite happy with their
>>> decision.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am worried as most tech's know Cisco and Juniper, so going to ALU
>>>> would
>>>> be a learning curve based on replies I am getting off list.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Dan Snyder <sliplever at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They are definitely good for that. We use them in part of our network
>>>>> for
>>>>> something very similar.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure why they aren't mentioned that much. I know that they
>>>>> have
>>>>> been pretty popular in the past couple years.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are planning on using 7750 SR-a4's in the future but right now we
>>>>> mainly have 7750SR7/12s.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 6, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Taking full BGP routes from 4+ carriers on 10G connections. Why is ALU
>>>>> never mentioned, but Juniper MX and Cisco are all day long?
>>>>>
>>>>> The new 7750 SR-a4 looks like a Juniper MX80 or MX104 killer.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Dan Snyder <sliplever at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We have been using them for almost 8 years now and have been pretty
>>>>>> happy. What are you looking to use them for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 6, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was wondering if anyone was using a  Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service
>>>>>> Router
>>>>>>> (SR) in their network? How does this platform compare the the Cisco
>>>> ASR,
>>>>>>> Brocade MLXe, and Juniper MX line?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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