[j-nsp] Dell - Juniper

[Ryan Finnesey]

We do have a Juniper account rep so I will have a chat with her.  I would much prefer to deal directly with JTAC.  It has been about 6 years since I dealt with Dell but I did not find their support all that great.

Cheers
Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Jones [mailto:brent at servuhome.net] 
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:53 PM
To: Ryan Finnesey
Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Dell - Juniper

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Ryan Finnesey <ryan.finnesey at harrierinvestments.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any comments on the switches Dell OEMs from Juniper?
> Are they truly the same?  We meet with them last week regarding server 
> and storage for a new DaaS build out.  They told us they can offer us 
> Dell networking hardware that they OEM from Juniper at a much lower 
> cost than Juniper direct.
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> Cheers
>
> Ryan
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The hardware is truly the same, minus a Dell logo, and "Powered by JunOS" sticker. Support wise, you are supposed to call Dell first for
tier1/2 issues, and Dell can escalate to JTAC when necessary.
We actually got better pricing when we worked with a Juniper direct account manager, funneling the purchasing through Dell. Juniper was able to approve larger discounts on Juniper branded equipment, than Dell could do on the Dell re-brand stuff. YMMV.
Either way, you're getting real Juniper equipment, so you can't really lose.

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Brent Jones
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