[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching and HP COMOS5 vs 7

[Skeeve Stevens]

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jiri Kosar <jkosar at asi.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi All,
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> from Brocade if you want high-density 10G, I can recommend VDX as well (we
> do use internally VDX6740) and it has 40G ports too, some nice
> virtualization/hypervisor and ethernet fabric features, active-active links
> between fabric members and you can grow-up or scale-down as you like, but
> it is also worthwhile to mention ICX7750 or ICX6650 as they have 10G or/and
> 40G ports as well and some IPv6 routing features which are due to be
> introduced to VDX platform in next few months.
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>
> To the list you mentioned, I’d like to also add Arista Networks. It does
> 10G, 40G and it is ultra-low latency. Additionally, If you have a linux
> background, you would love EOS operating system (firmware). You can go to
> linux shell directly from cli on a switch, install RPM packages, do python
> scripting and you have still your 10G performance and 380ns/less latency
> between ports. I do have 7124sx at the office and to demonstrate switch
> flexibility, I have managed to run Windows 8 on a switch using KVM
> hypervisor J))
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> There is a lots of features what I can talk about, but you can find it on
> a manufacturer website and I have just mentioned what I thought could be
> relevant.
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>
> Jiri
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Robert
> Hudson
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 3 June 2014 4:23 PM
> *To:* Skeeve Stevens
> *Cc:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching and HP COMOS5 vs 7
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> I've used Brocade ICX and VDX kit for 10Gbps switching. My preference is
> their VDX kit, it has been faultless since installation.
>
> On 03/06/2014 3:33 PM, "Skeeve Stevens" <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>  Hey all,
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>
> Just looking at upgrading some A5820's with A5900's...
>
>
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> 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.
>
>
>
> Also - what do people think in the 10Gb switching space?
>
>
>
> - HP A5900 (48 ports)
>
> - Juniper EX4550 (32 ports)
>
> - Cisco 4500-X (32 ports)
>
> - Brocade equivalent?
>
> - Others?
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>
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> 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: http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html to
> even guess with.
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> ...Skeeve
>
>
>
> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>
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>
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