[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good

[Skeeve Stevens]

That is VERY interesting Josh... Seems to be the right price point and
looks enterprisey enough for basic functions.

Lets take it off-list.


...Skeeve

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On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Josh Tipping <josh.tipping at icita.com>
wrote:

>  (Distributor bias!)
>
>  Huawei S5700-28X-LI is a good option. 24x1G and 4x10G SFP+. Sell to the
> channel for well under $1.5k and do everything you're after. I likely have
> demo stock of one too if you'd like to give one a try, let me know offlist.
>
>  Cheers,
> Josh Tipping
>
>  On 30 May 2015, at 8:05 am, 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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