[c-nsp] Nexus 5548 Questions and experiences...

[Blake Dunlap]

Deploying a single nexus switch is kind of like riding a unicycle. Sure you
can do it, but a bike is a lot more stable, and won't throw you off if you
stop suddenly.

-Blake

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Blake Pfankuch - Mailing List <
blake.mailinglist at pfankuch.me> wrote:

> Within the next week I will be starting my first dive into Nexus.  I have
> read the Cisco Press book for nexus, however its primarily focused on 4.x
> not 5.x and 6.x.
>
> I am looking for some real world feedback, including some of the gotchas
> people have found in existing deployments.  Really this will be a small
> deployment, a single 5548 for now and a couple 2232TM-E and 2224TP for
> fabric extenders.  What has been the experience using TwinAX cables to
> uplink to servers?  Cisco Twinax cables working only or have people been
> able to use HP/Sun/Dell provided cables with luck?  What's the experience
> with the Nexus B22 blade chassis FEX?
>
> OS suggestions?  Again this is going to be a new deployment, and its going
> into an environment that is not upgraded heavily.  As an example I have
> moved some devices off 12.2 (20) or earlier in the past few weeks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Blake
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