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We will deal with a series of article related to APS Networks® BF2556X-1T P4 switch. The key highlight of this box is:
In this article, we will just do a basic introduction of the BF2556X-1T
Parcel What's in the box Included items Quick Installation guide Front panel Back panel APS Networks® BF2556X-1T Racked APS Networks® BF2556X-1T alongside to his P4 brothers: Edgecore WEDGE100BF32X |
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The APS Networks® BF2556X-1T is a horse power:
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In this 1st article you:
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.
As we will discover the box, we will explain in further articles how to benefit from this features.
We just started our experience with this box. You'll find further, a series of article dedicated to BF2556X-1T depicting:
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) |