You may want to take a look at the Brocade VDX 6720, it provides 16 10gb ports, with 8 ports on demand with addl license.
They are very reasonable, esp. if you only need 16 ports. Maintenance costs are less than cisco. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Germann" <egerm...@limanews.com> > To: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 10:13:01 AM > Subject: Looking for recommendation on 10G Ethernet switch > Colleagues, > > I'm looking for a recommendation on a smallish 10G Ethernet switch for > a > small virtualization/SAN implementation (4-5 hosts, 2 SAN boxes) over > iSCSI with some legacy boxes on GigE. > > Preferably > > - 8-16 10G ports > - several GigE ports for legacy GigE hosts or cross connect to a > legacy > GigE switch > - preferably not a large chassis based solution with blades > > The hosts aren't going to be driving full line rate, nor the SAN boxes > providing full line rate, but their offered loads will definitely > exceed > 1Gbps. Assessing whether it is better to go 10G now vs. multi-pathing > with quad GigE cards. Trying to find the best solution for > 1G on a > trunk and < $50K per box. > > Any recommendations appreciated. > > Thanks > > EKG
