Re: Experience with the Dell PowerConnect 8024F - compare to the

2010-06-18 Thread Joe Greco
> There's also another factor: you may not have any idea whose rebranded > switch you're getting when you buy a Dell switch. Maybe it's Foundry in > batch X, but it might not be in batch Y. Is there any evidence that this happens within a model? I find it hard to believe. I can see differences

Re: Experience with the Dell PowerConnect 8024F - compare to the

2010-06-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/18/2010 13:55, Joe Greco wrote: >> Dell switches are usually Foundry gear relabeled, so it should be ok. >> We are using Dell switches alongside actual Foundry gear in a cloud >> environment and have had no problems. > > Maybe I haven't looked recently enough, but that wasn't quite the way >

Re: Experience with the Dell PowerConnect 8024F - compare to the

2010-06-18 Thread Joe Greco
> Dell switches are usually Foundry gear relabeled, so it should be ok. > We are using Dell switches alongside actual Foundry gear in a cloud > environment and have had no problems. Maybe I haven't looked recently enough, but that wasn't quite the way it worked last time I checked. For example, A

Re: Experience with the Dell PowerConnect 8024F - compare to the Cisco Nexus 5010

2010-06-18 Thread William Pitcock
Hi, On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 11:57 -0400, Steven Fischer wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with the Dell PowerConnect 8024F 10-gig > switch that they'd be willing to share? How does it perform? How reliable > is it? My experiences with the Dell switches have been less than favorable > to th