[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good

Robert Hudson hudrob at gmail.com
Sat May 30 08:34:56 EST 2015


Brocade ICX-7250-24?

http://www.brocade.com/products/all/switches/product-details/icx-7250-switch/index.page

Price may be the biggest factor there.

On 29 May 2015 at 00:23, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Was doing some lab testing and needed some cheap 10Gb SFP+ ports - so used
> the Mikrotik CRS210-8G-2S+IN.
>
> What a piece of junk. The OS isn't too bad but the switch hardware can't
> even keep its 10Gb ports up for very long without dying with little errors.
> What do you expect for $300 right?
>
> So, I am looking for a stable 10Gb (SFP+) solution... 2 ports, preferably
> 4 SFP+, with a stable OS that can move VLANs around simply with trunks and
> VLAN access supported. I don't need much super fancy, but a 1RU form factor
> with rack mounting would be nice. A selection of 1Gb copper ports
> obviously. Remote ssh (or telnet if I have to) would be appreciated - not
> GUI please.
>
> I think 1k-ish would be reasonable... I don't need Cisco or Juniper...
>
> Recommendations?
>
> ...Skeeve
>
> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & Chief Network Architect*
> eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
> Email: skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com
>
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