[c-nsp] Somewhat quirky question regarding C6513

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 04:54:51PM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote:
> It had been a while since we run switches that big, but when it came
> time to replace our C6880-X in some PoP's, we went with Arista's 7508E.

I was about to suggest that, but the 7500 series is WAY deeper than
the 6500s (like "80-85 cm" vs. "50 cm").

I'd still go for Aristas instead of Nexus.

Spent two hours on the phone with Cisco TAC today, and 3 hours with
Arista TAC yesterday.  

Arista case was open 5 days and is now already in engineering.  
Cisco case is open 8 months and TAC is still running in circles.

No vendor is perfect, but Cisco is no longer even aiming for goodness.

gert

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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de
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