[j-nsp] Juniper EX-2500

[Keegan.Holley at sungard.com]

I think we went with the EX4200's because they are stackable and support 
dual power and we didn't need an abundance of 10G. Personally I like Junos 
as compared to the other CLI's the policy chains and configure groups make 
configuration and automating said configuration much easier, but YMMV. One 
thing I'd be careful of is keeping track of the oversubscription rates. 
The datasheet says they are capable of 480Gbps in total throughput, but 
I'd want to verify that it means 10G full duplex on each port with no 
oversubscription if that's what you are expecting.  Also, we ran into some 
pretty nasty bugs on the 4200's with code versions below 9.4R2.9.

HTH,

Keegan




From:
Ralph Smit <Ralph.Smit at nxs.nl>
To:
"juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net" <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Date:
02/08/2010 05:17 AM
Subject:
[j-nsp] Juniper EX-2500
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Hello people,

I was wondering if anyone has anyone has any (lab) experience with the new 
Juniper EX-2500 switches.
We're looking for a high-density 10GbE switch and our shortlist consists 
of; the Arista 7124S, Brocade TurboIron 24X, HP 6600-24XG and the EX2500.
Since we currently have Juniper and HP in our network, we're tempted to go 
for the EX2500. This because it beats the HP in power-consumption and 
latency, and both the Arista and Brocade would mean introducing a new 
vendor in our network...

any additional thoughts, info or feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Ralph Smit.


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