<div dir="ltr">Brocade I'd consider looking at.<div><br></div><div>Extreme.. never.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Joe Wooller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@waia.asn.au" target="_blank">joe@waia.asn.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Extreme make a good 10Gb Switch.<div><br></div><div>X670 (48 ports)</div><div>or X670V (48 ports + 4 x 40Gb Module on the back).</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Joe</div><div><br>

</div><div><div><div>On 3 Jun 2014, at 1:40 pm, Tony Wicks <<a href="mailto:tony@wicks.co.nz" target="_blank">tony@wicks.co.nz</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-NZ" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">

<div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I highly recommend the EX4550.<u></u><u></u></span></div>

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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span>AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Skeeve Stevens<br>

<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Tuesday, 3 June 2014 5:33 p.m.<br><b>To:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching and HP COMOS5 vs 7<u></u><u></u></span></div>

<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hey all,<u></u><u></u></div>

<div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

Just looking at upgrading some A5820's with A5900's...<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div>

<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Anyone done this and know the differences between COMOS5 and COMOS7?  HP say its backwards compatible, but I am wondering if there are any stories - good or bad - out there about doing it.<u></u><u></u></div>

</div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

Also - what do people think in the 10Gb switching space?<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

- HP A5900 (48 ports)<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Juniper EX4550 (32 ports)<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

- Cisco 4500-X (32 ports)<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Brocade equivalent?<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

- Others?<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

The HP A5800 has 2mb packet buffers, the A5900 is 9mb.. the Cisco 4900 might have around 17mb, but I can't figure out what the Juniper has... nothing is listed here:<a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html</a> to even guess with.<u></u><u></u></div>

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<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>...Skeeve<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

<u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Skeeve Stevens - </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span><u></u><u></u></div>

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