[f-nsp] Brocade SLX 9850

[Wilbur Smith]

The initial launch of the SLX is targeted at the datacenter core/edge and for large internet peering providers, but that’s just because we’re taking a conservative approach to rolling out new features in the code; better to launch with a limited, but stable feature set than breaking everything (aka the original Nexus launch).

Price is very completive for high-density 10G/40G/100G and not a single port on the box is oversubscribed. There’s also a built in hypervisor to run a Linux based VM for analytics. The chassis has a separate OOB data path for mirroring traffic to the analytics VM, so a customer can deploy their own application/script onto the VM, then configure the chassis to send a copy of data traversing the chassis directly to that VM. This is all done without impacting the existing backplane bandwidth, so heavy network load wont stall out the onboard analytics function. This is a major capability we built into SLX at the request of our large cloud & service provider customers.

The OS that runs on the SLX is also Ubuntu based, so for the first time you can run scripts directly on the box similar to our fiber channel switches or what you can do with Juniper.

Wilbur

From: foundry-nsp <foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef at 720.fr>
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM
To: "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" <martijnschmidt at i3d.net>
Cc: "foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net" <foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [f-nsp] Brocade SLX 9850

Hi,
Well, I got confirmation today of the feelings that I shared today. SLX (fka fusion) is primarely aimed for high density / capacity DC LAN switching/routing.
It's purpose isn't to replace the MLXe, it not going anywhere soon.
For what it's worth... Let's see in th futur how this one plays out.
HTH.



2016-09-13 20:13 GMT+02:00 i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt at i3d.net<mailto:martijnschmidt at i3d.net>>:
At least as far as I can see right now it'll be a successor to the MLXe-M platform. As you can see companies like AMS-IX which are currently using that variety of the NetIron hardware have indicated they're going to use the SLX.
On 13 September 2016 18:53:37 CEST, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef at 720.fr<mailto:youssef at 720.fr>> wrote:

Hi,

At first glance, I don't think so. My SE told the NetIron product line was here to stay for while, confirme by HQ corp last summer.

But I'll be meeting tomorrow with our local team / rep and they will undoubtly bring it on the table. Seems to me they are finally bringing the fight to the Arista / Juniper folks on the DC field.

I'll let you know afterwards.

Best regards.



 Le 13 sept. 2016 à 18:23, Jörg Kost <jk at ip-clear.de<mailto:jk at ip-clear.de>> a écrit :

 Hello,

 just got a news alert for a new Brocade router series. Will this be the follow-up for MLX/E setups?

 http://newsroom.brocade.com/press-releases/brocade-delivers-innovative-new-routing-solution-designed-for-the-digital-era-nasdaq-brcd-1276754#.V9gmxpN4KRt
 http://www.brocade.com/en/products-services/routers/slx-9850.html?cid=lp_slx9850_pr_00001

 Regards


 Jörg

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