<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi</div><div><br></div><div>
<div></div><div>Fredy, what are your insights after SLX implementation in Init7 network? It's probably already more than 1/2 year in production :)</div><div><br></div><div>Let me share my experiences:<br></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>We have 6 units of SLX9640 delivered and installed during May/June 2020. All SLXes are our BGP edge routers. For "P" we still have Juniper PTX platform.</div><div><br></div><div>There were problems during implementation due to bugs in code. Let's me do the list of major problems:</div><div>- problem with 3rd-party transceivers -> still have some issues, but managed with our suppiler to solve it. TAC wasn't really helpful.<br></div><div>- problem with sflow and redundancy -> resolved in 4 months<br></div><div>- problem with VRRP and mLAGs -> resolved in 3 months<br></div><div><br></div><div></div><div>It looks some features are broken and not tested from beginning - for instance our VRRP and sflow <br></div><div>problems tells us - mLAG (MCT) is not tested or used by many customers in production.</div><div><br></div><div>Positives:</div><div>- power consumption vs MLXe<br></div><div>- very good combination of amount 100G/10G ports</div><div>- at the end issues has been resolved, and Extreme delivered fixed software</div><div><br></div><div>Negatives:</div><div>- no commit/rollback at CLI</div><div>- missing VE counters (did anybody already submit Feature Request?)</div><div>- no command "show interface ve <number>"</div><div>- missing some other CLI commands</div><div>- needs rACL from the beginning as control plane have very strange ports exposed to <a href="http://0.0.0.0/0">0.0.0.0/0</a> :)<br></div><div><br></div><div>It was often necessary to literally show GTAC what was behaving badly. Unfortunately GTAC is not Arista's support;)</div><div><br></div><div>Rob<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:54 AM Fredy Künzler <<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net">kuenzler@init7.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">James,<br>
<br>
We use 20.1.2d in production. Not too long though.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Fredy / Init7<br>
<br>
On 25.10.20 12:22, James Braunegg wrote:<br>
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> *To:* Fredy Kuenzler <<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a>><br>
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> *Subject:* Re: [f-nsp] SLX 9640 experiences<br>
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> Hi Fredy<br>
> <br>
> Hope you are well. How about your deployment of new SLX'es in Init7<br>
> network ? Probably in March as in every network your traffic increased a<br>
> lot :)<br>
> <br>
> Hearing some experiences from You :)<br>
> <br>
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> Cheers<br>
> <br>
> Rob<br>
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> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 7:55 AM Fredy Kuenzler <<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi Robert,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thanks for asking again. 2nd round of tests succeeded, we after a<br>
> very long evaluation phase decided to buy the SLX 9640 and dumped<br>
> the Cisco NCS-55A2. Apparently we‘re in good company if one wants to<br>
> believe from hearsay.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> The first batch got delivered this week (see pic), we plan to power<br>
> up a few in the lab anytime soon.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Can’t say much more yet except they look nice with the violet front<br>
> bezel 😇<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Meanwhile we launched a project to automate configuration. At the<br>
> same time physical deployment in the many pops will take place. The<br>
> goal is to have payload in Q1 on them and get rid off the MLXe and<br>
> XMR by Q2 2020.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> image1.jpeg<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> <br>
> Fredy Künzler<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.<br>
> <br>
> Technoparkstrasse 5<br>
> <br>
> CH-8406 Winterthur<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.init7.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.init7.net/</a><br>
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> Am 05.12.2019 um 15:52 schrieb Robert Hass <<a href="mailto:robhass@gmail.com" target="_blank">robhass@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:robhass@gmail.com" target="_blank">robhass@gmail.com</a>>>:<br>
> <br>
> Hi Fredy<br>
> <br>
> I'm curious how it's going with SLX after 2-3 months ? :)<br>
> <br>
> Please share your thoughts.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thanks!<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 8:54 PM Fredy Kuenzler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi Robert,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I‘m not too much into the details of the test. While Arista<br>
> was out quite soon (lack of MPLS) we focused on Cisco<br>
> NCS-55A2 which fulfilled our needs.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> However when it came to pricing the offer of Cisco was +1 on<br>
> the seventh digit compared to Extreme SLX-9640 (we need to<br>
> buy ~80 devices) so we started to reconsider the SLX,<br>
> despite the first tests were not too promising. Maybe there<br>
> is new software out which fixes the most annoying issues. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> The Ciscos simply exceed our budget, but I asked for a<br>
> better deal which is still pending.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> We‘re probably go to buy two or three SLX and bring them<br>
> into real production and when they fail we sell them 2nd<br>
> hand. At least we would have a better feeling before<br>
> spending the money.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Ask me again for an update in about 8 weeks.<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> <br>
> Fredy Kuenzler<br>
> <br>
> Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.<br>
> <br>
> Technoparkstrasse 5<br>
> <br>
> CH-8406 Winterthur<br>
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> Switzerland<br>
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> Am 24.08.2019 um 13:22 schrieb Robert Hass<br>
> <<a href="mailto:robhass@gmail.com" target="_blank">robhass@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:robhass@gmail.com" target="_blank">robhass@gmail.com</a>>>:<br>
> <br>
> Hi Fredy<br>
> <br>
> Did you finished your testing of SLX 9640 ? Any feedback<br>
> comparing to tested Arista or NCS ?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thank a lot<br>
> <br>
> Rob<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 1:06 PM Fredy Kuenzler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kuenzler@init7.net" target="_blank">kuenzler@init7.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> We are exactly doing an extensive evaluation of the<br>
> three devices<br>
> mentioned. Not there yet, unfortunately.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://twitter.com/init7/status/1126450891920375809" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/init7/status/1126450891920375809</a><br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Fredy Kuenzler<br>
> <br>
> Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.<br>
> AS13030<br>
> Technoparkstrasse 5<br>
> CH-8406 Winterthur<br>
> Twitter: @init7 / @kuenzler<br>
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> <br>
> Am 03.06.19 um 12:50 schrieb Robert Hass:<br>
> > Hi<br>
> > I'm looking for users of new SLX 9640. We consider<br>
> that platform as<br>
> > MLXe replacement in Internet (full DFZ) Edge/Core<br>
> segments. Any<br>
> > problems / comments ?<br>
> ><br>
> > BTW. Did anyone compared SLX 9640 versus Arista<br>
> 7280 or NCS 5501-SE<br>
> > ? I'm also happy to hear feedback.<br>
> ><br>
> > Rob<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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