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

[Skeeve Stevens]

Hey John,

In one of the projects I am working on, we dismissed the Nexus 9500 due to
its lack of ability to do QinQ.

You looked at Arista?

I'd look at the 7050Q-32S.  It has 32 x 40Gb ports + 4 x 10gb.  We use the
MTP optics to break out a 40Gb into 4 x 10gb.... I think it is a total of
92 x 10Gb per chassis.

The VXLAN is solid, though a little odd.. and I am waiting for some
features to land.... but in this high-end part of the world, all the
vendors are missing something.

But the price of these with what you get... is just amazing.




...Skeeve


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On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:28 AM, John Dalton <johndaltonsa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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