[AusNOG] 10GbE Switching

[Skeeve Stevens]

Gigabit Switches with 10GbE Uplinks


-          HP ProCurve 2910AL - 24 port 1GbE switch with 2 module slots - about $3k.  10GbE 2 Port SFP+ Module approx $2k

o   So switch + 4 * 10GbE is 7k

o   We've deployed 50 or so of these things... NICE switch, simple and doesn't break for the most part


-          Cisco 3560X-24T-S - 24 port 1GbE switch with 1 module slot - about $3.5-4k.  10GbE network Module approx $2.5k

o   We all love and know these


-          Juniper EX3200 -  24 port 1GbE with 1 module slot. About $3.5k.  10GbE network module approx $2k

o   We love these switches

o   EX4200 is the same with stacking.  Think ex3200 = 3560, ex4200 = 3750


-          SMC Tigerswitch - 8 XPF ports... crap.. AUD$14k - don't buy here, buy from US (if you must) for about AUD$5-6k


-          Plus many other switches that have 10GbE modules - Cisco, HP, Juniper and others - mostly chassis based switches.

All around the same price for enterprise 10GbE goodness.  SFP+ will vary.  We don't touch anything other than SFP+ as they seem to be less popular, less available options.

Switches with 10GBaseT - no need for SFP+/XFP/etc... can do 10GbE over Cat6 and Cat5E (short distance i.e. top of rack)


-          Arista 7120T-4S.  AU$18-20k ($30k for 40port version).  We had one of the 40 port babies in the office for a bit for labbing.  Oh my.  10GBaseT is wow and much better than SFP+ (except distance) from a cost perspective.  Terabit throughput and Billions of PPS.  Arista also have a VSwitch (for VMware) called vEOS - which is free. If anyone is interested in more information feel free to ask.  FYI - Arista is 'kind of' the bastard love child of Cisco and Sun.


-          Juniper EX4500-40F.  Just announced - about $30k - only 40 port version. Awesome Junos



-          Extreme Summit X650.  No idea on pricing.



-          Cisco 10GBaseT line card for 4900M.  Pricing not on distie's websites in Australia that I can find.

All pricing is approximate and mostly in ex-GST.

...Skeeve

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