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Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

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What is Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)?

The Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000) is a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation and MPLS-enabled data center networks. The Network Convergence System 5000 Series is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), and service provider data center networking architectures.

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Screenshot of Product Description: MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation, MPLS Enabled TOR/Leaf Architectures Target Deployments: Enterprise, Over-The-Top (OTT), and Service Provider data center networking architectures

Screenshot of Product Description: MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation, MPLS Enabled TOR/Leaf Architectures Target Deployments: Enterprise, Over-The-Top (OTT), and Service Provider data center networking architectures

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What users are saying about Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000).
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Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System review

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Ovidiui Cioaca
IP DESIGNER in Engineering at TMNL (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System to transport mobile and fixed traffic.

Pros

  • High density of 100G or 400G ports
  • Support new features
  • Low cost

Cons

  • Egress ACL on subinterfaces
  • QOS

Most Important Features

  • MPLS SR
  • Capacity

Return on Investment

  • Negative: high numbers of bugs

Other Software Used

Cisco IOS XR7, Cisco NX-OS

The Cisco NCS 5000 series at a glance.

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Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Higher port density allows for both higher bandwidth ports to the customer network as well as sufficient uplink capacity to the core.
  • Small rack space, smarter design, smaller footprint allows for more hardware the fit in the same amount of rack space.
  • Lower power consumption, less heat output results in savings within the data center environment.

Cons

  • Increased backwards compatibility would allow for more existing or older hardware to be installed within the new chassis if physically possible.
  • Streamlined OS upgrades, and the NCS have taken steps to avoid having the reload the entire device when upgrading software, but can be further improved.
  • Continued upgrades to hardware results in longer shelf life for the chassis, allowing less frequent purchases and upgrades.

Return on Investment

  • The lower power consumption helps in reducing costs, improves efficiency
  • Better port density leads to less chassis upgrades, less costly upgrades
  • Smaller footprint allows for more devices in the future within available colo space

Other Software Used

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000), Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)

Awesome

Incentivized
Carlos BediaView profile
Technical Operations Engineer I in Information Technology at Cox Communications (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Preformance
  • Stability
  • Innovative

Cons

  • Bugs
  • Transport components stability
  • Tac response time in some xases

Return on Investment

  • Long lasting high roi
  • High preforming density
  • Support for when things need fixings

Alternatives Considered

Juniper Enterprise Routers

The NCS 5000 provides the power needed to perform

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Prioritize high bandwidth devices such as video conferencing.
  • Versatility for use with cloud applications.

Cons

  • Pricing is the first thing that comes to mind.
  • Ease of use, we required professional services to implement and for major changes.

Return on Investment

  • Communication among remote employees and branches has increased.
  • Quality of service from cloud and video applications.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

Other Software Used

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Pure Storage FlashArray, Cisco UCS Manager, VMware vCenter Server

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