Not sure how much of "CPE" it needs to be, but for example the whole Cisco Catalyst 9K product line (including the smaller C9300 switches) support the whole EVPN/VXLAN stack). A similar set of products exist on the Arista side (e.g. 7xx switches) as well as Juniper EX4400 products...
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 11:53 Adam Thompson <athomp...@merlin.mb.ca> wrote: > Hello, all. > > I’m having difficulty finding vendors, never mind products, that fit my > need. > > > > We have a small but growing number of L2 (bridged) customers that have > diverse fiber paths available, and, naturally, want to make use of them. > > We have a solution for this: we extend the edge of our EVPN VXLAN fabric > right to the customer premise. The customer-prem device needs 4x10G SFP+ > cages (2 redundant paths, plus LAG to customer), and the switches we > currently use, Arista 7020Rs, are quite expensive if I’m deploying one one > per customer. (Nice switches, but overkill here – I don’t need 40/100G, > and I don’t need 24 SFP+ ports. And they still take forever to ship.) > > > > We use RFC7438 §6.3 “vlan-aware-bundle” mode, not §6.1 “vlan-based” mode, > which limits our choices somewhat. I might be willing to entertain > spinning up a separate VXLAN mesh using RFC7438 §6.1 (“vlan-based”) and > static VTEPs if it saves me a lot of pain. > > > > However, I’m having trouble finding small & cheap*er* 1U (or even > desktop/wallmount) devices that have 4 SFP+ cages, and can do VXLAN, in the > first place. > > Who even makes CPE gear with SFP+ ports? (Other than Mikrotik > CRS309-1G-8S+IN / CRS317-1G-16S+RM, which are nice, but our policy requires > vendor support contracts, so… no-go.) > > > > Vendors? Model#s, if you happen to know any? > > > > Reply here or privately, whatever floats your boat – any pointers > appreciated! > > > > *Adam Thompson* > > Consultant, Infrastructure Services > > [image: [MERLIN logo]] > > 100 - 135 Innovation Drive > > Winnipeg, MB R3T 6A8 > > (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) > > https://www.merlin.mb.ca > > Chat with me on Teams > <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=athomp...@merlin.mb.ca> > > >
