a...@shady.org replied: Subject: Re: switch 10G standalone TOR, core to DC Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:25:57 +0000 From: andy <a...@shady.org> To: Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> CC: Piotr <piotr.1...@interia.pl>, nanog@nanog.org
Force10's S4810 isnt bad, we use these for a 10G 48 port box that doesnt require Ultra Low latency. http://www.scribd.com/doc/90301756/Dell-Force10-S4810-Spec-Sheet Supports TRILL in some way too, Ive not had any major issues with this box, 1 or 2 bugs, but force10 (now dell) seem quick to fix these. They also have the Z9000 series, Ive not looked at this, but it might be worth having a quick look and see if it fits. on the rest, what nick said..... :) On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:58:14AM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 29/01/2013 11:27, Piotr wrote: > > 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.. > > the extreme x670, juniper ex4550, brocade ICX6550 and arista 7150 will most > of this, and probably many others too. > > None of them will do trill. The Extreme X670 and Juniper EX4550 will both > do VPLS, though. The X670 won't do BGP. > > You won't find a box of this form with large port buffers. There don't > appear to be any of these boxes on the market at the moment, probably > because none of the switch vendors want to bite the bottom out of their > more lucrative chassis-based switches. This is a good market opening for a > new vendor - there is no technical reason why this couldn't be done. > > Nick > > > -- andy a...@shady.org ----------------------------------------------- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. JNCIE #742 -----------------------------------------------
