[160917] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: switch 10G standalone TOR, core to DC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Phaal)
Wed Feb 20 01:09:38 2013
In-Reply-To: <CAArUcOK4_hwic9_w53Y5tvWQfNzisUV=3xpiU9+78fdKqbhZ4w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:09:24 -0800
From: Peter Phaal <peter.phaal@gmail.com>
To: bn@ucsd.edu
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Bao Nguyen <ngqbao@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone have worked with the switching vendor Quanta for their 10ge switching as
> TOR? [1] Their spec looked interesting and they are quiet cheap.
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.quantaqct.com/en/01_product/02_detail.php?mid=30&sid=114&id=116&qs=63
>
>
> -bn
> 0216331C
>
Based on the specs, the Quanta switches look like they use Broadcom
merchant silicon and should have similar performance to other switches
based on the same chipset:
http://blog.sflow.com/2011/12/merchant-silicon.html
While many vendors use merchant silicon, there is variability in
firmware, exposed features, CLI etc.
