[j-nsp] EX4200 vs. C4948

[Bill Blackford]

There is an interesting thread on the C list right now discussing the benefits of a l3 switch platform (OP started asking about 3550).

I am budgeting to replace some 3560G and 3750G customer aggregation devices (OSPF, BGP) with devices that will scale better, have redundant power, can do service policies both input and output and yes it would be nice if it can handle V6 in hardware (last point not an issue yet as V4 is all I support at this time). I am not budgeted for nor do I have environment that requires MX series or a cat6.5/7.6k in this role. It's gonna have to be fixed switches.

Does the EX4200 support firewall policer that can be applied both input and output? (equiv to "C" service policy). My tests on a EX3200 9.5R2.7 seem to indicate that I cannot use a policer on egress. I have no 4200's to test this with.

It would be nice to see a feature comparison. Not wanting to start a holy war over vendor preference, but has a discussion comparing these two products occurred on this list? 

Thanks,

-b



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Bill Blackford                     
Senior Network Engineer            
Technology Systems Group           
Northwest Regional ESD             

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