[151706] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Force10 E Series at the edge?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Bianchi)
Thu Mar 29 02:28:56 2012
From: Brandon Bianchi <bbianchi@equinix.com>
To: "Roberts, Brent" <Brent.Roberts@progressive-solutions.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:28:12 -0700
In-Reply-To: <12EFAA890B74E14782EFB259E5A63ABC78E5A7B0@GEMINI2.psi.corp>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Brent,
While the E300 can probably get your job done for more flexibility and grow=
th I would personally steer you towards the E600 (or E600i now). It is slig=
htly outside of your RU requirement coming in at 16 RU but it fits the bill=
otherwise.
The main reasons I make this suggestion is due to the fact that the E600i c=
hassis gives you numerous options. The "standard" LC memory config is 10M, =
however you can buy cards with an increased 40M cam as well. Also Force10 h=
as redundant route processors but takes it a little farther. The RPM which =
is redundant and supports hitless failover has three CPU's.
CP - Control Processor
RP1 - Handles the majority of the Layer 3 protocols
RP2 - Handles the majority of the Layer 2 protocols including sflow.
I could have that swapped in my head but its one way or the other. On the l=
inecards you can change your memory allocation provisioning as well if need=
be, granted its more useful when you have the 40M CAM cards.
The E600i can also be configured two ways.. 1 as a TeraScale supporting 4x1=
0G XFP linerate and 16x10G XFP OverSub as well as 1G, or an ExaScale suppor=
ting 10x10G linerate and 40x10G OverSub. As well as numerous 1G options as =
well, take a look at this chart:
http://i.dell.com/sites/content/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Del=
l_Force10_Switch_Reference_Guide.pdf
Redundancy/Availability
1+1 redundant RPMs
4:1 redundant SFMs
1+1 redundant DC PEMs
2+2 redundant AC PSMs - 200/240 VAC
3+1 redundant AC PSMs - 100/120 VAC and 200/240 VAC
FTOS is quite polished these days as well, and command accounting does work=
. Its just not captured in the switch log, but does record just fine on the=
TACACS side:
2012-03-28 23:12:29 -0700 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx bbianchi vty0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx sto=
p task_id=3D410 timezone=3DUTC service=3Dshell priv-lvl=3D15 cmd=3Dshow int=
erfaces description <cr>
Id be happy to answer any specific questions you may have off list as well.
-Brandon
I have been supporting a large Force10 install base for a few years now and=
can attest to
On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Roberts, Brent wrote:
Is anyone running an E300 Series Chassis at the internet edge with multiple=
Full BGP feeds? 95th percent would be about 300 meg of traffic. BGP sessio=
n count would be between 2 and 4 Peers.
6k internal Prefix count as it stands right now. Alternative are welcome. T=
hought about the ASR1006 but I need some local switching as well.
Full requirements include
Full internet Peering over GigE Links.
Fully Redundant Power
Redundant "Supervisor/Route Processor"
Would prefer a Small Chassis unit. (under 10u)
Would also prefer a single unit as opposed to a two smaller units.
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