[AusNOG] Cisco Switch recommendations for a small ISP

[Christopher Pollock]

+1 for this - a previous life involved a lot of hardcore Ethernet with
tags++ and some advanced requirements, and yeah, test test test test test.
 Then test again.  If you require advanced q-in-q functionality and want to
ACL or switch or replace etc etc based on them, you gotta test it at much
as you can.  In some experiences with the gear I used, some configurations
only worked under certain circumstances.  Not something you want to find
out when deploying a supposedly unrelated service.

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Adam Nock <Adam.Nock at amcom.com.au> wrote:

> Id be a tiny bit careful there.****
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> We’ve had equipment from a couple of vendors which should have been doing
> completely non-invasive switching, yet either would not transit or would
> remove the lower vlan tag’s off stacked frames.****
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> As always, Best to test J****
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> *From:* ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Lincoln Dale
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 28 March 2012 1:24 PM
> *To:* James Mcintosh
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Cisco Switch recommendations for a small ISP****
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:11 PM, James Mcintosh <
> james.mcintosh at rocketmail.com> wrote:****
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> Can anyone comment on their experience with either of these or differences
> they've found?****
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> neither likely meets all your requirements around q-in-q, although thats a
> bit of a generic requirement, any L2 switch can transport Q-in-Q as they
> are just L2 frames. Ability to be intelligent about encap/decap/stacking is
> another.....
>  ****
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> cheers,
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> lincoln.****
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