[j-nsp] EX8200

[Quoc Hoang]

Thanks for the info.

Re power, the EX8216 supports the 3000W AC 220V high density PSU for a 3+3 configuration for PDU A/B power redundancy

quoc
--- On Thu, 10/1/09, Chris Evans <chrisccnpspam at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Chris Evans <chrisccnpspam at gmail.com>
> Subject: [j-nsp] EX8200
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 10:24 AM
> Quoc:
>   "I'm considering purchasing the big iron EX8216
> chassis for our core
> switching. These switches are pretty brand new to the
> market. Anyone running
> these and care to share their operational
> experience/feedback/issues seen so
> far?
> 
> thanks,
> quoc"
> 
> We have two of the 8216's in our lab as part of an RFI
> we're working on.. I
> don't think we would/could use it in our production
> systems.. The main
> reason for us is the power supply, which is the same issue
> why we can't
> deploy the MX960's in our environment, it takes 5 power
> supplies to run the
> 8216 populated. In our power grid we have an A and B.
> Unfortunately with the
> way this power is laid out we could never keep the system
> up when they data
> center ops takes down one of the grids for maintenance. I
> think the 8208's
> would be the sweet spot in the product porfolio at this
> point. I'm not sure
> what you're real intention is for them, but for my company
> the EX series
> still doesn't have the feature parity to be able to replace
> our Cisco
> switching infrastructure. Price wise I like the EX series,
> its attractive
> and will be even more so when they release some high
> density 10GE cards as
> bring new features.
> 
> Another thing that shocked me with the 8216 is that it is a
> beast, its
> HUGE.. It's almost as big as the Cisco Nexus 7010, only
> missing the size by
> a few inches. It really needs to be installed in a 4 post
> rack, so that
> might be an issue for some folks.
> 
> Not much info, but hope it helps in some ways.
> 
> Chris
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