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<DIV><SPAN class=035423612-26042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
wonder if that blows my theory about the unique firmware out of the water to
some extent?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=035423612-26042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We
experienced the EXACT same problem with our Dell's. It's just that the
management interface goes down. Dell said it was due to a lot of multicast
traffic on the network - but they were never able to prove that to me. The
theory was that when the switch got busy, it'd drop management in favor of
switching. It took a couple of firmware upgrades but they finally seem to
have a handle on the problem. They still have various annoyances,
however.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=035423612-26042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=035423612-26042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>They
might get mad and cut off your support, but you could tell them to call Dell
about the problem ;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=035423612-26042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>C</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
foundry-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net
[mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Cliff
Fogle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 3:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BULK] - [f-nsp] Foundry Edge
Switches (24/48G)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=620202121-23042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are
awful. I have 5 25G-A installed. Recently one went offline.
Is switching/forwarding just fine, but I can't remotely manage it any
longer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=620202121-23042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then...this
morning, randomly, all 5 are now in the same state. From the console
they cannot even ping themselves. No telnet, ssh, http or snmp.
Nothing. My core FI1500 has an arp entry for the management ip
interface...but I can't reach them. Foundry is completely stumped, I
have a developer coming onsite to check them out. But I'm honestly
trying to get them to take them back and give me some of the new FI X series
in return.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=620202121-23042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stay away from the
EI's.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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