[137459] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: SmartNet Alternatives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Bonser)
Sun Feb 13 15:58:58 2011
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:58:49 -0800
In-Reply-To: <87pqqvfzuj.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
From: "George Bonser" <gbonser@seven.com>
To: "Florian Weimer" <fw@deneb.enyo.de>,
"Ryan Finnesey" <ryan.finnesey@HarrierInvestments.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, John Macleod <JMacleod@alentus.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> * Ryan Finnesey:
>=20
> > This is one of the reasons we are starting to look at Juniper for a
> > new network build. It is my understanding we set software updates
> > for life for free.
>=20
> My understanding is that it's free for customers who have a service
> contract in place. Most downloads are not self-service, and I haven't
> tested if you can get JTAC to provide images for devices you don't
> own.
Brocade is now offering 5 years (what they consider lifetime) support to
the original purchaser of the equipment on some product lines:
FastIron SX800, SX1600, CX, WS, and TurboIron that includes software
updates.
We use a lot of the FCX units.
