[177362] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Smith)
Tue Jan 13 20:46:22 2015
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From: Michael Smith <mksmith@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:45:55 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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You can see what we have at the SIX here -=A0http://www.seattleix.net/topo=
logy.html=0A=0AMike=0A--=0AMichael K. Smith=0Amksmith@mac.com=0A=0AOn Jan =
11, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Manuel Mar=EDn <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:=0A=0ADea=
r Nanog community=0A=0AWe are trying to build a new IXP in some US Metro a=
reas where we have=0Amultiple POPs and I was wondering what do you recomme=
nd for L2 switches. I=0Aknow that some IXPs use Nexus, Brocade, Force10 bu=
t I don't personally have=0Aexperience with these switches. It would be gr=
eat if you can share your=0Aexperience and recommendations. There are so m=
any options that I don't know=0Aif it makes sense to start with a modular =
switch (usually expensive because=0Athe backplane, dual dc, dual CPU, etc)=
or start with a 1RU high density=0Aswitch that support new protocols like=
Trill and that supposedly allow you=0Ato create Ethernet Fabric/Clusters.=
The requirements are simple, 1G/10G=0Aports for exchange participants, 40=
G/100G for uplinks between switches and=0Aflow support for statistics and =
traffic analysis.=0A=0AThank you and have a great day.=0A=0ARegards=0A=
