Switch for SFP+

Mauro Gasparini mjgasparini at gmail.com
Mon May 18 18:45:59 UTC 2020


It's clear then that I must use "bridge vlan" to achieve the goal I am 
looking for.
Now it's time for me to study, research and test on my side.
If I have any specific questions, I will draw on your experience.
Thanks a lot.

El 15/5/20 a las 22:11, Travis Garrison escribió:
>
> On the CRS 3xx line, use vlan filtering instead. This guarantees 
> hardware offloading.
>
> PS. Do not use this method on the 1xx or 2xx lines.
>
> /interface bonding
> add mode=802.3ad name=bond-inet slaves=ether9,ether10,ether8 
> transmit-hash-policy=layer-2-and-3
>
> /interface bridge
>
> add name=bridge vlan-filtering=yes
>
> /interface bridge port
>
> add bridge=bridge interface=bond-inet
>
> add bridge=bridge interface=sfp1
>
> /interface bridge vlan
>
> add bridge=bridge tagged=bond-inet,sfp1 vlan-ids=201
>
> Thanks
>
> Travis
>
> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> *On Behalf Of *Mauro Gasparini
> *Sent:* Friday, May 15, 2020 10:55 AM
> *To:* nanog at nanog.org
> *Subject:* Re: Switch for SFP+
>
> This works well on my CRSs:
>
> /interface bonding
> add mode=802.3ad name=bond-inet slaves=ether9,ether10,ether8 
> transmit-hash-policy=layer-2-and-3
>
> /interface bridge port
> add bridge=br-cabase interface=bond-inet
> add bridge=br-cabase interface=sfp1
>
> But if I want to bridge vlans behind some bonding Instead of bridging 
> phy interfaces, cpu explodes:
>
> /interface vlan
> add name=vl201-mmen vlan-id=201 interface=sfp1
> add name=vl201-mment vlan-id=201 interface=bond-inet
>
> /interface bridge port
> add bridge=br-mment interface=vl201-mmen
> add bridge=br-mment interface=vl201-mment
>
> El 15/5/20 a las 12:06, Mike Hammett escribió:
>
>     https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CRS3xx_series_switches#Bonding
>
>
>
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>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     *From: *"Mauro Gasparini" <mjgasparini at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:mjgasparini at gmail.com>
>     *To: *nanog at nanog.org <mailto:nanog at nanog.org>
>     *Sent: *Friday, May 15, 2020 8:55:22 AM
>     *Subject: *Re: Switch for SFP+
>
>     Thanks. I am currently using CRS326-24G-2S+ (with routerOS) for
>     this, but when I want to do vlan trunking through the bonding, cpu
>     load grows from 3% to more than 90%.
>     I'm consulting Mikrotik's support in the meantime, because
>     routerOS probably doesn't take advantage of the switch hardware as
>     swOS would.
>
>     El 15/5/20 a las 10:03, Alain Hebert escribió:
>
>         Hi,
>
>             Mikrotik is a decent product and I'm always amazed at
>         their features set, but...
>
>             Using the UI to configuring the switch will punt too much
>         traffic toward the CPU.  However, it is possible to configure
>         the switch fabric with the cli and attain the desired results.
>
>             It does not compare to a JNP QFX5100 or a Extreme Network
>         x650, x670...  etc.
>
>         -----
>
>         Alain Hebert ahebert at pubnix.net <mailto:ahebert at pubnix.net>
>
>         PubNIX Inc.
>
>         50 boul. St-Charles
>
>         P.O. Box 26770     Beaconsfield, Quebec     H9W 6G7
>
>         Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net    Fax: 514-990-9443
>
>         On 2020-05-14 15:11, Adam Thompson wrote:
>
>             Have you actually looked at Mikrotik switches?  I don't
>             like the OS, but the hardware does what you want it to.
>
>             https://mikrotik.com/products/group/switches?filter&s=c&r={%22sfp_plus_interface%22:{%22s%22:%223%22,%22e%22:%2224%22}}#!
>             <https://mikrotik.com/products/group/switches?filter&s=c&r=%7b%22sfp_plus_interface%22:%7b%22s%22:%223%22,%22e%22:%2224%22%7d%7d#!>
>
>             If necessary, buy your SFP modules from FS.com and get
>             them coded as Mikrotik modules at the factory - that's
>             what we do for Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Extreme, etc.
>
>             Even the top-of-the-line Mikrotik only costs US$899.
>
>             -Adam
>
>             *Adam Thompson*
>             Consultant, Infrastructure Services
>             [MERLIN LOGO]
>             100 - 135 Innovation Drive
>             Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8
>             (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)
>             athompson at merlin.mb.ca <mailto:athompson at merlin.mb.ca>
>             www.merlin.mb.ca <http://www.merlin.mb.ca/>
>
>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>             *From:*NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org>
>             <mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org> on behalf of Mauro
>             Gasparini <mjgasparini at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:mjgasparini at gmail.com>
>             *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2020 8:46:21 AM
>             *To:* Mehmet Akcin
>             *Cc:* nanog
>             *Subject:* Re: Switch for SFP+
>
>             Thank you. The problem is that to get a price lower than
>             U$D 3000 I have to resort to a used device.
>
>             El 14/5/20 a las 01:08, Mehmet Akcin escribió:
>
>                 Used Juniper QFX5100-48T will do it. Probably overkill
>                 but you can grab one cheap @ebay
>
>                 On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 16:36 Mauro Gasparini
>                 <mjgasparini at gmail.com <mailto:mjgasparini at gmail.com>>
>                 wrote:
>
>                     Good afternoon.
>
>                     I'm looking for a switch with the following
>                     capabilities:
>                     . transport for more than 20 gbps
>                     . link aggregation LACP
>                     . slots for SFP+
>                     . seamlessly when trunking vlans through the link
>                     aggregation.
>
>                     And essentially that doesn't exceed US$D 2000 and
>                     is compatible with
>                     10GBASE-ER and/or 10GBASE-ZR modules that are not
>                     from the vendor itself
>                     (e.g. SPFs: Huawei, Mikrotik, Sumitomo, OEMs).
>
>                     If any of you have a good experience with a device
>                     that meets these
>                     requirements (which are minimal with the exception
>                     of price and
>                     compatibility) ?
>
>                     Regards.
>                     Mauro Gasparini
>
>                 -- 
>
>                 Mehmet
>                 +1-424-298-1903
>

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