[177357] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Raphael)
Tue Jan 13 17:38:16 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHf3uWyrqbsDho_iFhLJtgjbZ2H9BWVccXEVbi8e+2ezK2j0NA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:38:02 +0800
To: Eduardo Schoedler <listas@esds.com.br>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Either way, you can do "SDN" and automation with most Juniper kit. On purcha=
se of JCare you get free access to Junos Space - great for provisioning and m=
anagement of an IXP.
Regards,
Tim Raphael
> On 14 Jan 2015, at 6:28 am, Eduardo Schoedler <listas@esds.com.br> wrote:
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> My mistake, it's the OCX1100.
> http://www.networkworld.com/article/2855056/sdn/juniper-unbundles-switch-h=
ardware-software.html
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> 2015-01-13 20:10 GMT-02:00 Jeff Tantsura <jeff.tantsura@ericsson.com>:
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>> What does it mean - to be SDN ready?
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>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eduardo Schoedler <listas@esds.com.br>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 3:25 AM
>> To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
>> Subject: Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP
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>>> QFX5100 is SDN ready.
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>>> --
>>> Eduardo Schoedler
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>>> 2015-01-13 6:29 GMT-02:00 Stepan Kucherenko <twh@megagroup.ru>:
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>>>> Is there any particular reason you prefer EX4600 over QFX5100 ? Not
>>>> counting obvious differences like ports and upgrade options.
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>>>> It's the same chipset after all, and with all upgrades they have the
>>>> same 10G density (with breakouts). Is that because you can have more 40=
G
>>>> ports with EX4600 ?
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>>>> I'm still trying to find out if there are any noticeable software or
>>>> feature differences.
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>>>>> On 13.01.2015 09:01, Mark Tinka wrote:
>>>>>> On Monday, January 12, 2015 11:41:20 PM Tony Wicks wrote:
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>>>>>> People seem to be avoiding recommending actual devices,
>>>>>> well I would recommend the Juniper EX4600 -
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>>>>>> http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/
>>>>>> ex-series/ex4600/
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>>>>>> They are affordable, highly scalable, stackable and run
>>>>>> JunOS.
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>>>>> We've been quite happy with the EX4550, but the EX4600 is
>>>>> good too, particularly if you're coming from its younger
>>>>> brother.
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>>>>> Mark.
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>>> --
>>> Eduardo Schoedler
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> Eduardo Schoedler
