Switch with 10 Gig and GRE support in hardware.

Tue Mar 1 01:06:13 UTC 2011

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM, George Bonser <gbonser at seven.com> wrote:
>> On 2/18/11 6:30 AM, "Matt Newsom" <matt.newsom at rackspace.com> wrote:
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>> >                I am looking for a switch with a minimum of 12  X
> 10GE
>> >ports on it, that can has routing protocol support and can do GRE in
>> >hardware. Does anyone have a suggestion that might fit. Keep in mind
> I
>> am
>> >looking for something in the 1-2U range and not a chassis.
>> >
>> >
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> Hard to tell from the data sheet:
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> http://www.xbridgeservices.com/images/files/7450_ess.pdf
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> But it looks like the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-1 might do it.  Not sure
> if it has 4, 8, or 12 10G ports, though.  The data sheet is confusing to
> me and it would be oversubscribed but that might be OK in your
> applications.
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Brocade TurboIron 24X fits all of those criteria.

-Jeff