[AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6

[Nick Evendor]

Friday afternoon beer sounds good, anyone else want to hit the pub early and talk about token ring networks.


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From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Rhod Brown <rhod.brown at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2016 2:16 AM
To: Matthew Barnett; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6

?Isn't that what Friday afternoons are for? ;)

At face value, the 7280r is both next gen and a grade above hardware against Brocade ?and what you see in most of the 1RU merchant silicon switches right now, so it would destroy them on a pure capability basis. Arista software is pretty nifty and reliable from my observation as well.

The above being said, I'd be surprised if it wasn't somewhat more expensive on a capex basis (ignoring the space saving element of being 1 RU). You only need 10 ports? right now, and all the other fancy stuff it can do may be shelfware for your needs.

Cheers,

Rhod
From: Matthew Barnett
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2016 11:53 AM
To: Rhod Brown; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6



Nobody is biting my arm yet... Vendors must be all on Holiday or having Friday afternoon beers already.


I wonder how this solution would compare against a Brocade CER plus a 10G switch


Matt


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From: Rhod Brown <rhod.brown at gmail.com>
Sent: 05 August 2016 11:46
To: Matthew Barnett; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6

Hey Matt,
     These things are pretty new, and reference customers are valuable, so you are best speaking with them direct and negotiating :) If you don't have someone biting your arm off by CoB let me know and I can point someone in your direction.

Cheers,

Rhod

From: Matthew Barnett
Sent: Friday, 5 August 2016 11:35 AM
To: Rhod Brown; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6



Rhod,


Any indication how much the 7280r might be, it looks very interesting.


Any Arista reps on list who can share information and pricing?


Matt


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From: Rhod Brown <rhod.brown at gmail.com>
Sent: 05 August 2016 09:54
To: Matthew Barnett; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6

?Hi Matt,
     I haven't seen pricing on this yet, so I'm not sure if it meets your cost effective criteria, but your use case is one of the main ones for Arista's new box:

?http://www.arista.com/en/products/7280r-series

In a similarly murky price category would be the new Nexus 9300-EX platforms from Cisco. Both are technically capable with seriously impressive hardware specs, but are very new with quite a few licenses that may need to be attached to run a full feed.?

You'll start to see a lot more options in this space over the next 6 months or so as new chips from Mellanox?, Broadcom etc come onstream in volume and more vendors get then integrated.

If you have a bit more space, a router? or server+an L3 switch running Cumulus as James suggested would work just fine. A bit more self assembly required, but a lot more options on price. Just depends on relative priorities!

Cheers,

Rhod
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From: Matthew Barnett
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 9:18 AM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Cost effective 10G full feed BGP router for IPv4 & IPv6



I am after suggestions for a 10G router with at least 10 x 10G ports within a 1RU form factor, any suggestions?


Full routing table is a must.


Thanks Matt






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