Re: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-15 Thread Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr
Hi, I've been running NetIron (MLXe + CER-RT) for quite some time, mostly happy with the products. Of course, there are always some unforseen / silly / nasty things that still turn one's mind upside down. What we noticed so far : - ISSU / hitless protocols upgrades : we have been pounding th

RE: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-14 Thread Romeo Czumbil
I got a few CERs and 7600's You will not notice the CPU lag anymore like in the 7600's Extremely fast and puts the 7600's to shame -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Graham Johnston Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:10 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org'

Re: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-14 Thread Jeff Sorrels
Graham, We have several Brocades - including XMR, CER, and CES devices. Their convergence is excellent, even with several full v4 and v6 tables, and was much faster than other platforms (I'm looking at you MXs...). In terms of TCAM and convergence, best bang for the buck as they say. One '

Re: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-14 Thread Karsten Elfenbein
Hi, the devices are good. Just read up about gen 1, gen1.1 and gen 2 modules in regard to backplane mode. Afaik Gen1 Modules are discontinued now so all modules should work in turbo mode. I don't know which cam profile is the current default so that needs repartitioning and default values adjusted

Re: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-14 Thread Wouter Prins
Hi Graham, Do you have any special features you need? MLX-e's are great and fulfill most standard environments fine. Full table convergence time is pretty fast on MLX-e's. Be sure to pick the right modules, switch fabrics and management blades (or contact a partner to do it for you) when you go fo

RE: Brocade MLX Feedback

2015-01-14 Thread Jordan Medlen
These are great routers. I used the MLX16s in the same capacity, before the newer model MLXe with upgraded management card specs. Should work just fine for that. Thank you, Jordan Medlen Network Engineer Bisk Education, Inc. -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.