[j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

[Robert Hass]

How Virtual-Chassis on Juniper EX8200 is different than Catalyst 6500
(Sup2T) VSS ?

Are both have shared control-plane ?

How about stability of Virtual-Chassis and VSS on latest software releases ?



I would like to implement core layer using EX8200 or Cat6500 (two core
switches).

Each core device will have only redundant power-supply. Line cards, CPU etc
will be non-redundant. Redundancy will be archived using two boxes.
Access-Layer switch will be connected to both core devices using 1GE or
10GE links and aggregated into single PortChannel (LACP).

Access devices will be Cat2960XR (Cisco) or EX3300 (Juniper).



Rob