[AusNOG] 10G Nexus 9k & other vendors for enterprise switching

[Harry Chan]

Hi John, Juniper has a newer model that might be of interest – EX4600. Also if it’s for VM / storage you might like to consider the QFX5000 series. It’s made specifically for that purpose.

 

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of John Dalton
Sent: Saturday, 6 June 2015 10:28 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] 10G Nexus 9k & other vendors for enterprise switching

 

Hi there,

I'm planning for the next financial year and amongst other vendors & product lines, the Nexus 9k has come into consideration.  The use case is enterprise 10G (VMware/storage/converaged infrastructure).  Initially it will be L2 to immediately benefit from 10G, and in the future, routing converging on the new infrastructure.  Port count required in the near future is 12-16 SFP+ per switch, with redundant switches, and no plans to utilise 40G (aside from potential trunking between standalone switches).  Possibility of aggregation or fabric extension to this new infrastructure in the future as older equipment is replaced.

Does anyone have any experience with the (relatively) new Nexus 9k in standalone or ACI mode for the above use case?  I haven't seen a lot on the ML about the 9K range.

If anyone can comment, how does it compare against alternative's we are looking at (Brocade ICX7750, Arista 7050x, Juniper EX4550).  Is there any other vendors or mdoels of the above vendors that you can suggest my team should consider?

Any responses much appreciated.

Thanks,

John

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