[c-nsp] Nexus 9300

[Jeremy Bresley]

On 5/26/2015 4:42 AM, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 09:31:39AM +0000, Gustav Ulander wrote:
>> We are really happy with them L2 wise.
>> Routing features are abit immature we feel.
> So, for someone who doesn't understand Nexus nomenclature or architecture
> - where is the "underlying" difference between N3064, N3548 and N9372?
> They all seem to be "48x 10G + <x>"...
>
> What's the significance of "Nexus 3xxxx" vs. "9xxx" in this context anyway,
> except "marketing gone rampant"?  I thought 9xxx are the big SDN-ish boxes,
> not 1RU L2 stuff...
>
>
Nexus 3Ks are small ToR switches, mostly used for L2 with some 
supporting simple L3 stuff.

Nexus 9500s are the big 6500/N7K replacements, Nexus 9300s are 1U/2U 
ToR/Leaf-Spine switches.

There's others like the 4K/5K/6K models as well, but those are mostly 
pitched at ToR or aggregation roles or are specific blade center 
switches (4Ks)

It was so much easier when it was just the 7010 and 5010/5020.  ;-)

Jeremy "TheBrez" Bresley
brez at brezworks.com