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• From RARE/FreeRouter point of view, BF2556X-1T is very good candidate for PE (Provider Edge) router.

The 8x100G ports can make as a strong in a collapse core architecture (P function merge with PE functions), the box can also be used a a BGP route as it boast with 32 GB of RAM (~10 full BGP feeds), but you won't leverage the ports availability. It can be used to implement BRAS/BNG use case but would be also a good candidate as a ToR in Data Center envionment with BGP/MPLS capability and the possibility to provide 1GE connection to existing server purchased beforehand.

• SyncE 1588 support is a key features if your application needs precision provided by PTP

As we will discover the box, we will explain in further articles how to benefit from this features. 

• RARE/freeRouter @design can coexist with Virtualisation technology BF2556X-1T

We just started our experience with this box. You'll find further, a series of article dedicated to BF2556X-1T depicting:

• How to proceed to initial OS installation
• Proceed to STORDIS BF2556X-1T software installation (TOFINO SDE and Gearbox) installation
• Port operations on TOFINO ports SFP28 port 16-47 and QSFP28 port 48-56  
• Port operations on GearBox ports SFP28 port 1-16 (1G/10G/25G)
• How to benefit from SyncE 1588 support
• RARE/freeRouter effective installation

The installation will be implemented should be compliant to ISP TELECOM standard. (It should survives power outage, easy upgrade features, start automatically at boot time without any human intervention)