[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good

[Skeeve Stevens]

Bless you Dan... thanks.. might help.  Will get it deployed immediately.


...Skeeve


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On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Dan <dan at scanmyemail.com> wrote:

> I checked the MT site and 6.29 firmware shows a fix for 10gbe dropouts.
> Not sure if that's the same issue your seeing
>
>
> On 31 May 2015, at 10:27 am, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com>
> wrote:
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> I don't have performance issues. I have interfaces randomly dropping and
> staying down until you shut/no shut equiv to them.
>
> And I have a MT guy who is at a loss to explain why they are doing it.
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> ...Skeeve
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> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Mike Everest <mike at duxtel.com> wrote:
>
>> Not at all!
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>> Diagnostic toolset built in to routerOS is actually quite good :-)
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>> It is definitely worth running an eye over your config just to make sure
>> you aren’t inadvertently pushing packets through CPU – that is a surefire
>> way to end up with crap performance ;)
>>
>> Get in touch with support at duxtel.com if you’d like to find out if your
>> cloud router switch can give you a better experience.
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike.
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>> *From:* Skeeve Stevens [mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, 30 May 2015 12:43 PM
>> *To:* Mike Everest
>> *Cc:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good
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>>
>> Diagnostics on this model seem to be hard to get.  We've got a fibre link
>> to another enterprise switch that just seems to go down randomly... across
>> 6 different units so far with different connectivity scenarios.
>>
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>>
>> ...Skeeve
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>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Mike Everest <mike at duxtel.com> wrote:
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>> Hey Skeeve!
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you try any diagnostics or get support feedback on that?  I’ve seen
>> that switch hardware work quite well when using hardware alone :-}
>>
>>
>>
>> If you’d like to contact our support guys off list (support at duxtel.com)
>> I’ll be very keen to try to repro that observed behaviour then see what we
>> can do to find some resolution :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers! Mike.
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>> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve
>> Stevens
>> *Sent:* Friday, 29 May 2015 12:24 AM
>> *To:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>> *Subject:* [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching - Cheap but good
>>
>>
>>
>> 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*
>>
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