[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good

[John Edwards]

Also worth a mention are the NBASE-T switches arriving at an industry near you this year.

While I doubt anyone on this list has a real need for 2.5G copper ports, having this feature available will change the economics of 10G aggregation switches as they wont just be in the core/datacentre any more.

I also expect that Skeeve will be asking the same question about a switch with 2x 40G ports this time next year :)

John 

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> On 30 May 2015, at 10:15 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
>> 
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>> eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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