-----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: 17 August 2011 14:52 To: Paul Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: OSPF vs IS-IS
What would you rather rely on at 3am in the morning when things are breaking? Someone who has just learned IS-IS or someone who already has good experience with OSPF?
what would you rather rely on at three in the morning when things are breaking, someone who has just learned OSPF or someone who already has good experience with IS-IS?
this seems a silly reversal until you realize that OSPF is significantly more complex and thus harder.
randy
Indeed. Does it really take that long to become familiar enough with IS-IS to support it in most situations? It really is not that difficult. I brought our ops people suitable up to speed with IS-IS over about one week of some lab work in their spare time and a few chats over a whiteboard. A couple of times perhaps they called me over an issue, but since then, I have not heard anything from any of them about it. I guess it comes down to the quality of people you employ. But really, if they get OSPF then IS-IS is not hard to grasp. -- Leigh Porter ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________