[f-nsp] Any problems with VDX line up?

[Matt Kassawara]

How many routes will the VDX stuff handle?


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, John pp <luklaupdates at gmail.com> wrote:

> What we are planning to do is run 2 VDX 8770's at distribution coming from
> our MX's at core, then having the 6710's at TOR.
> This utilizes TRILL so we can effectively run 60Gbit to the rack, I want
> to make sure these have a good l3 forwarding table as the RX (last layer3
> experience with brocade) fell over with a mid sized SYN attack (few m pps)
>
> Brocade comes out cheaper than other solutions (cisco specifically) even
> when you have distrib pricing.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM, i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <
> martijnschmidt at i3d.net> wrote:
>
>>  +1 here, running a single VDX6720 in L3 mode with OSPF for internal
>> routing, static routes for internet connectivity, and VRRP-e pre-configured
>> in case I want to add a second VDX to the fabric at a later point. It has
>> been stable on NOS3.0.1a for a few months now.
>>
>> You are best off running L3 on a VDX8770 or VDX6740; the former has been
>> GA for a while now, but the latter is still under development. These two
>> models were designed with L3 functionality in mind while the VDX6720 was
>> originally designed for L2 with its routing functionality to be added a few
>> years later. If you were looking at a VDX6720 now, I'd recommend waiting a
>> few months for the VDX6740 release and buy that instead.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
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>>  On 08/27/2013 05:26 PM, Matt Kassawara wrote:
>>
>> I'm running a cluster of VDX 6720s with OSPF and static routes... no
>> problems so far.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Ryan Harden <hardenrm at uchicago.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> What were the problems you had with MLX/RX? I've generally had good luck
>>> with MLX and MLXe and Layer3.
>>>
>>> /Ryan
>>>
>>> Ryan Harden
>>> Senior Network Engineer
>>> University of Chicago - AS160
>>> P: 773-834-5441
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:58 AM, John pp <luklaupdates at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I am considering the VDX 8770's and VDX 6710's, will be doing full
>>> layer3 on them while utilizing VRRP..Anyone have a similar setup? , if so
>>> please alert of me of any issues.
>>> >
>>> > I've had layer3 issues with the MLX and RX line which is why I'm
>>> hesitant to spend any significant amount of money before I'm sure its a
>>> concrete solution..
>>> >
>>> > Appreciate it
>>> >
>>> >
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