[F10-nsp] Using S50n for distribution

[Doug Warner]

I'm considering getting a pair of S50n's for use in a colo setting.  I'm
liking the S50n's versus C6500 or C150 due to the following:
* we're not currently CPU bound
* we're doing about 600 Mbps upstream and growing at least 50Mbps/mo so we'll
need to upgrade to 10GE soon
* the S-series is stackable
* dual power supply capable

The biggest questions I have:
* can this handle a filtered BGP feed
* how fast do the switches boot individually and stacked
* do you interact with each switch in a stack or as one; if as one, can you
debug problems on each individual switch?

Any other observations or comments people have about switching from Cisco land
to Force10 land would be appreciated.

-Doug

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