switch 10G standalone TOR, core to DC
Alain Hebert
ahebert at pubnix.net
Tue Jan 29 15:27:50 UTC 2013
Hi,
I do suggest you go over EN offering with a fine tooth comb.
We experienced a whole lot of issues with 6 x650:
. from hardware licensing (start at shipping from the fab and
not when the customers get them);
. software licensing (have to license every box even the ones in
the labs);
. known eeprom defect limiting upgrade from XOS 12 to 15;
. 1 vlan-translation causing all sort of head-aches with
port-grouping (ether-channel);
. EAPS packets being silently filtered out of VMAN's when you do
not use the Core license;
( Undocumented and that is not acceptable when trying to
transport customers owns EAPS traffic on their VLAN's )
. no VLAN flapping logging;
Don't get me wrong, they are good campus switches... just not
designed for "our" L2 Core purposes.
And the Licensing is just an exercise in frustration. I can
understand the business purpose, just not the way they go about doing it.
As for L3 support, it is fine:
. include IP tracking in VRRP with is a plus for us
. Virtual Routers
We don't need them for BGP and we do not have a MPLS network yet.
As for the x670, maybe most of the hardware issue has been
addressed, but I doubt the licensing and undocumented limitations is better.
PS: We're using them (x650), and are planning to keep
using/recommending EN products, but it did cost us a lot of man hours
and un-planned crashes that could have been prevented with better
documentation and support.
Good luck with your project =D
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Alain Hebert 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 01/29/13 06:27, Piotr wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I looking some 10G switches, it should work as TOR or core in DC. It
> should have more than 40 port 10G in one unit, wirespeed L2 L3, with
> virtual routers and some other ip functions like some BGP, OSPF,
> policy routing, 1-2U, MLAG, g.8032 (ERPS) trill-like ?
>
> Other important features are big port buffers ( something similar to
> Juniper EX8200 - 512 MB per slot), defined counters accessible via
> snmp (like in junos), L3 statistics accessible via snmp
>
>
> Extreme 670 looks good but they have small port buffers. It can be
> also some small chassis with line cards but the cost per 10G ports is
> too big..
>
> What vendor, model You prefer or suggest as a solution ?
>
> thanks for help
> best,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
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