[AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1001-X is now EOL - replacement ideas?

[Matt Walker]

Hey Mitch eat All,

We settled on majority, 8300 as it would be most “inline” replacement for features, adaptability with 10GE (C8300-1N1S-4T2X, plus NIM-4X)

Small sites will get a 8200, and an ATS for a bit more power resiliency
DC/Hub sites have 8500L for throughout needs

On 18 Apr 2025, at 20:40, Mitch Kelly <mitchkelly24 at gmail.com> wrote:



We are looking at the 8200/8300 as it's direct replacement

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025, 6:35 pm BOG Group Global, <b.g.global2000 at gmail.com<mailto:b.g.global2000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello Everyone,

Wanted to get some advice from the group around replacement aggregation routers for our PoPs.

We have several Cisco ASR 1001-X routers in our data centres for our PoPs. Just simple broadband aggregation from Telstra Wholesale EA, NBN EE, NBN TC4, etc etc. Nothing out of the ordinary really. Each PoP has two of these configured with redundancy in mind, usually 5-6Gbps of traffic at each PoP, and these Cisco routers do BGP to upstream carriers like Telstra, AAPT, etc.

Given these Cisco routers have gone EOL recently, what would people recommend to replace these with? We picked up these ASR1001-X units as refurbished units a few years ago to keep the costs down, and they have served us well really.

I'd really prefer to keep them within the Cisco product sets, since that's what my staff are familiar with, but I do know there are much cheaper options out there now (or we try and get refurbished units again)

What would you guys suggest?

Thanks
Brian
BOG Group Global
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