[137248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 10GBASE-T Switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Anderson)
Thu Feb 10 10:06:39 2011
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:05:54 -0500
From: Chuck Anderson <cra@WPI.EDU>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 09:33:50AM +0000, Roberts, Brent wrote:
> Looking for feedback/recommendations on higher density Switch’s in the 10GBASE-T arena.
> Preferably TOR switches if possible.
> Minimum 16 ports usable for Rack Server connectivity + Uplinks to Collapsed Twin Distro/Core setup.
> Found the Arista 7X00 family to have the density I am looking for but others of similar spec would be appreciated.
> Any Thoughts and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Juniper EX4500 has 40 fixed SFP/SFP+ ports plus 2 uplink modules that
can contain 4 SFP/SFP+ ports each for a total of 48 10GBASE-X ports.
Need to buy SFP+ modules or use direct-attach SFP+ cables though.
