Force10 Gear - Opinions

Mon Sep 1 16:20:22 UTC 2008

Sort of... There are still some notable differences in behavior.

Owen

On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:47 AM, jim deleskie wrote:

> The S series runs the same FTOS as the C and E series, as of a number
> of months ago.  The only exception is the 2410, ie all 10G ports L2
> only.
>
>
> -jim
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Greg VILLAIN <nanog at grrrrreg.net>  
> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>>
>>> Another thing to note (as near as I can tell, this applies to all
>>> vendors).  All line cards will function
>>> only at the lowest common denominator line card CAM level.
>>>
>>> IOW, if you have single, dual, and quad-cam cards in your F10  
>>> chassis,
>>> they'll all act like
>>> single-CAM cards.
>>>
>>> Owen
>>
>>
>> I'd have to second that. This is a very annoying fact, that you  
>> will find
>> mentioned nowhere.
>> What I also used to dislike is the lack of verbosity of 'show  
>> features' -
>> but that was back a year ago.
>> Btw, you absolutely want to avoid the S series, the CLI is a pain,  
>> and is
>> not the same as the E or C series, and lacks many features.
>> Price/10G port is interesting though, but not as much as with  
>> Arastra, if
>> that's switching you're into. (never tested any such kits though...)
>> My own 2 cents.
>>
>> Greg VILLAIN
>>
>>
>>