[107064] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Wall)
Sun Aug 24 01:53:02 2008
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:52:55 -0400
From: "Paul Wall" <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: "Matlock, Kenneth L" <MatlockK@exempla.org>
In-Reply-To: <4288131ED5E3024C9CD4782CECCAD2C7037AF76B@LMC-MAIL2.exempla.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Matlock, Kenneth L
<MatlockK@exempla.org> wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic post.
Don't be; it was acutely on-topic.
> Does anyone here have real-world experience with Force 10 gear
> (Specifically their E-Series and C-Series)? They came and did their
> whole dog and pony show today, but I wanted to get real-world feedback
> on their gear.
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> I need to know about their
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> 1) Reliability
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> 2) Performance
EANTC did a comprehensive study of the E-series:
http://www.eantc.de/en/test_reports_presentations/test_reports/force_10_sfm_failover_video_ftos_6211.html
http://www.eantc.com/fileadmin/eantc/downloads/test_reports/2006-2008/Cisco-Force10/EANTC_Full_Report.pdf
http://www.eantc.com/fileadmin/eantc/downloads/test_reports/2006-2008/Cisco-Force10/Section_8.pdf
> 3) Support staff (how knowledgeable are they?)
I'm not a customer, so I can't speak to this.
> 4) Price (higher/lower/comparable to comparable Cisco gear)
Comparing list pricing, it looks like Force 10 would have you pay more
for less features.
As a box designed with the enterprise datacenter in mind, the E-series
looks to be missing several key service provider features, including
MPLS and advanced control plane filtering/policing.
http://www.force10networks.com/news/pressreleases/2007/pr-2007-02-05.asp
https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/KnowledgeBase/DOCUMENTATION/CLIConfig/FTOS/E_CONFIG_6.5.4.0_7-Feb-08.pdf
Paul
