[f-nsp] SLX 9640 experiences
James Braunegg
james.braunegg at micron21.com
Mon Oct 26 06:04:59 EDT 2020
Great thanks for that.. guess we will see how version e goes... one would hope its can only be better than d
That being said trying to find release / bug notes seems a lot harder.... than it used to be for the MLXe platform
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From: Fredy Künzler <kuenzler at init7.net>
Sent: Monday, 26 October 2020 8:54 PM
To: James Braunegg <james.braunegg at micron21.com>; Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com>
Cc: foundry-nsp <foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [f-nsp] SLX 9640 experiences
James,
We use 20.1.2d in production. Not too long though.
Regards,
Fredy / Init7
On 25.10.20 12:22, James Braunegg wrote:
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> Just wondering if anyone is using slxos 20.1.2e and any feedback ?
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> *From:*foundry-nsp <foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net> *On Behalf Of
> *Robert Hass
> *Sent:* Friday, 3 April 2020 1:54 AM
> *To:* Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler at init7.net>
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> *Subject:* Re: [f-nsp] SLX 9640 experiences
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> Hi Fredy
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> Hope you are well. How about your deployment of new SLX'es in Init7
> network ? Probably in March as in every network your traffic increased
> a lot :)
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> Hearing some experiences from You :)
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> Cheers
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> Rob
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> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 7:55 AM Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler at init7.net
> <mailto:kuenzler at init7.net>> wrote:
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> Hi Robert,
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> Thanks for asking again. 2nd round of tests succeeded, we after a
> very long evaluation phase decided to buy the SLX 9640 and dumped
> the Cisco NCS-55A2. Apparently we‘re in good company if one wants to
> believe from hearsay.
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> The first batch got delivered this week (see pic), we plan to power
> up a few in the lab anytime soon.
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> Can’t say much more yet except they look nice with the violet front
> bezel 😇
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> Meanwhile we launched a project to automate configuration. At the
> same time physical deployment in the many pops will take place. The
> goal is to have payload in Q1 on them and get rid off the MLXe and
> XMR by Q2 2020.
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> --
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> Fredy Künzler
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> Am 05.12.2019 um 15:52 schrieb Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com
> <mailto:robhass at gmail.com>>:
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> Hi Fredy
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> I'm curious how it's going with SLX after 2-3 months ? :)
>
> Please share your thoughts.
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> Thanks!
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> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 8:54 PM Fredy Kuenzler
> <kuenzler at init7.net <mailto:kuenzler at init7.net>> wrote:
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> Hi Robert,
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> I‘m not too much into the details of the test. While Arista
> was out quite soon (lack of MPLS) we focused on Cisco
> NCS-55A2 which fulfilled our needs.
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> However when it came to pricing the offer of Cisco was +1 on
> the seventh digit compared to Extreme SLX-9640 (we need to
> buy ~80 devices) so we started to reconsider the SLX,
> despite the first tests were not too promising. Maybe there
> is new software out which fixes the most annoying issues.
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> The Ciscos simply exceed our budget, but I asked for a
> better deal which is still pending.
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> We‘re probably go to buy two or three SLX and bring them
> into real production and when they fail we sell them 2nd
> hand. At least we would have a better feeling before
> spending the money.
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> Ask me again for an update in about 8 weeks.
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> --
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> Fredy Kuenzler
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> Technoparkstrasse 5
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> CH-8406 Winterthur
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> Switzerland
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> http://www.init7.net/
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> Am 24.08.2019 um 13:22 schrieb Robert Hass
> <robhass at gmail.com <mailto:robhass at gmail.com>>:
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> Hi Fredy
>
> Did you finished your testing of SLX 9640 ? Any feedback
> comparing to tested Arista or NCS ?
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>
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> Thank a lot
>
> Rob
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> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 1:06 PM Fredy Kuenzler
> <kuenzler at init7.net <mailto:kuenzler at init7.net>> wrote:
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> We are exactly doing an extensive evaluation of the
> three devices
> mentioned. Not there yet, unfortunately.
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> https://twitter.com/init7/status/1126450891920375809
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> Fredy Kuenzler
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> CH-8406 Winterthur
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> Am 03.06.19 um 12:50 schrieb Robert Hass:
> > Hi
> > I'm looking for users of new SLX 9640. We consider
> that platform as
> > MLXe replacement in Internet (full DFZ) Edge/Core
> segments. Any
> > problems / comments ?
> >
> > BTW. Did anyone compared SLX 9640 versus Arista
> 7280 or NCS 5501-SE
> > ? I'm also happy to hear feedback.
> >
> > Rob
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