[107328] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg VILLAIN)
Mon Sep 1 02:31:15 2008
From: Greg VILLAIN <nanog@grrrrreg.net>
To: north American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <DB24545B-2A2D-4828-AC98-C3BAEE28472A@delong.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:19:24 +0200
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Aug 26, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> Another thing to note (as near as I can tell, this applies to all
> vendors). All line cards will function
> only at the lowest common denominator line card CAM level.
>
> IOW, if you have single, dual, and quad-cam cards in your F10
> chassis, they'll all act like
> single-CAM cards.
>
> Owen
I'd have to second that. This is a very annoying fact, that you will
find mentioned nowhere.
What I also used to dislike is the lack of verbosity of 'show
features' - but that was back a year ago.
Btw, you absolutely want to avoid the S series, the CLI is a pain, and
is not the same as the E or C series, and lacks many features.
Price/10G port is interesting though, but not as much as with Arastra,
if that's switching you're into. (never tested any such kits though...)
My own 2 cents.
Greg VILLAIN
