[c-nsp] Cisco Nexus as MetroE switch?

[Wes Smith]

Example brand and model for the TRILL switches you used?

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On Nov 1, 2015, at 3:09 AM, Marian Ďurkovič <md at bts.sk> wrote:

>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I've been evaluating a few platforms for a smallish MetroE-style
>> deployment, focused on E-Line services between a number of sites, with n x
>> 10G DWDM links between sites.
>> 
>> What I am after is a platform that will give me a bunch (32-40 odd) 1G/10G
>> capable SFP+ ports, no need for 40G/100G, and due to starting off smallish,
>> probably looking more at a 1RU/2RU box rather than a chassis based solution
>> (so no ASR9000 at this point).
>> 
>> Cisco have just pointed to their Nexus 9000 switches however, which has me
>> a little surprised. From looking at their website, they really look like
>> something aimed at a more Enterprise/Data Centre role, and I can't help but
>> get the feeling they are trying to shoehorn any product in to suit the role
>> I'm describing.
>> 
>> Is anybody else out there using these in such a role, or able to comment on
>> the suitability of such a switch?
>> 
>> Also, how do people feel about using NX-OS and VXLAN vs. IOS and IP/MPLS?
> 
> Nowadays some other approaches are also available. For example you can use 1RU
> TRILL switches with 48 * 10G/1G SFP+ and 6 * 40G QSFP+ ports to do exactly what
> you're looking for - without the complexity of MPLS/VPLS or VXLAN+BGP and
> without ugly workarounds to e.g. achieve proper load-balancing over parallel links.
> 
> We have TRILL infrastructure in production for more than one year in the Slovak
> internet exchange (visit www.six.sk for details) as well as in Bratislava MAN of
> SANET.
> 
> Since the experience is very good, further deployments will follow shortly.
> 
> 
>    M. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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