[c-nsp] 3750G vs. Nexus for a SAN

[Young, Karen]

Not sure that you want to go with Nexus at this point. Its got some really nice features, however we keep running into code bugs . Not just stuff that's obscure and shows up in certain situations but real show-stoppers like being unable to form port-channels with HP blade servers. Also, the cli isn't really complete yet and there are a number of missing commands that make management and troubleshooting more difficult than it really should be. 

To be honest, I feel like we're being used as guinea pigs for beta testing. Its been one d at mn thing after another. Personally, I don't think its really ready for full scale production yet.

ky

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongurtz at npumail.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:34 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] 3750G vs. Nexus for a SAN

We're looking to build a SAN, probably iSCSI and everyone keeps quoting the 3750G for top of the rack.  From looking at specs/marketing material, it seems like two Nexus 5010 at top of rack would be a better choice in this application. Generally, comments seem pretty good as long as advanced features aren't needed.

Is Nexus that much more expensive that no one is quoting it? or is it more for FCoE?  Or is the 3750G just "good enough?"  Or no one has the experience to quote?

~JasonG