[j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

[Sebastian Wiesinger]

* Andy Litzinger <Andy.Litzinger at theplatform.com> [2013-05-15 21:00]:
> Has anyone used a 10G DAC/Twinax cable between an EX4550 and other vendor gear?  Did you use Juniper DAC cables or the other vendor cables?
> 
> In particular I'm planning on linking a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and also an F5 BigIP 4200v to a VC of EX4550s.
> 
> would you recommend it or should I fork over the money to use optics?

Hi,

we use DAC between EX4500 and Intel servers without problem. We use
Flexoptics cables where both ends of the cable can be flashed to
diferent vendors.

Regards

Sebastian

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