[c-nsp] nexus 5548 versus C4900M

[Aled Morris]

On 21 November 2012 07:55, Holemans Wim <wim.holemans at ua.ac.be> wrote:

> Now I have to create a new, similar  service cluster. The first idea was
> to copy the setup but as we are also looking at Nexus for our datacenter, I
> noticed the Nexus 5548UP. This gives you out-of-the-box 32 1G/10G ports and
> costs (based on the prices I have seen) 25% less than the above C4900M
> configuration.
> Anyone has a reason why we should stick to the C4900M (or maybe similar
> C4500 solution) and not put a Nexus in place, apart from the obvious
> differences between IOS and NXOS for management ?
> I think, when adding the L3 card to the Nexus, the 25% price difference
> will disappear but are there any limits you see (arp table, mac address
> table size, buffering, IPv6 support..) that would take the Nexus out of the
> picture ?
>
>
The 4500M is near end-of-sale, if you want a compact solution the 4500X is
the better choice.

L3 isn't the N5k's strong point  - if you need L3 features or performance,
study the data sheets carefully.

Aled