[f-nsp] Foundry Recommendations.

[Kristian Larsson]

I have four HP 9304 which basically is a Foundry
BigIron 4k.
We've been using both HP and Foundry firmwares.
Have had a few probs but v7800k seems to have
sorted it all out.
CLI is cisco like (although with several drawbacks
in the usability like history is weird... )
Cheap box that will push a lot of packets.
Can't do much fancy stuff with it but hey, it's
cheap.

Since we have HP I can't comment on the Foundry
support.
We have had some major problems just recently, the
box just died on us. But this was resolved by the
new software.

Hope it helps :)

   Kristian

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:26:11AM -0800, Joseph Jackson wrote:
> Greetings All,
> 
> 	
> 
> 	The company that I work for is planning a network infrastructure
> upgrade within the coming months.  We are wanting to replace all out
> Cabletron devices with something from either Cisco or Foundry.  So far I
> have talked to both parties and they both have good points and bad points. 
> As of right now I am leaning towards foundry based on the price and their
> performance marks in the documentation I have seen from them.  My question
> for you all is what experience has the people of this list gotten from
> foundry?  Do they stand by their word?  Is their support helpful?  How
> stable do their products seem?  Do you have to fight with the devices to get
> them to do what you want?  Any info you all can give me will be greatly
> appreciated. 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joseph Jackson
> 
> ANI Networks 
> 
> 
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