[j-nsp] QFX5110 / VXLAN

[Brant Ian Stevens]

And now there's the announcement of the QFX5120 and EX4650 to the mix.  
Those are Trident-3 based, if I am not mistaken.  Boxes look great on 
paper...

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On 7/4/18 5:03 PM, Scott Harvanek wrote:
> Cost is a factor I don’t think I can get anyone to bite on something bigger either as the application is solely VXLAN in a compact form factor.
>
> -Scott H
>
>> On Jul 4, 2018, at 2:20 PM, Pavel Lunin <plunin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Btw, it's a very good question if anyone here has more or less close to real-world experience with L3 gw and evpn type 5 routes on QFX5110 or maybe any other trident 2+ based box.
>>
>> Would much appreciate your input.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pavel
>>
>> July 3, 2018, 18:48 Roger Wiklund <roger.wiklund at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi Scott
>>>
>>> Should be fine as L2 GW. L3 GW and Route Type 5 support is quite recent.
>>>
>>> Beefier alternatives are QFX10002, or MX204 if you want to go MX route with
>>> fewer ports. Both have custom ASICs with higher scale, and higher chance to
>>> overcome caveats/limitations especially tied to chipset limitation.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Roger
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Scott Harvanek <scott.harvanek at login.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is anyone on here running 5110s for VXLAN/VTEP/EVPN and run into any
>>>> issues?  I’ve gone over the caveats list Juniper has for these in regards
>>>> to what they won’t do in regards to VXLAN and it seems like they meet our
>>>> needs… just curious if anyone has run into any lesser documented issues
>>>> with them.
>>>>
>>>> I’m looking at the list here; https://www.juniper.net/
>>>> documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/vxlan-constraints-qfx-series.html
>>>> <https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/vxlan-
>>>> constraints-qfx-series.html>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a better device for VXLAN on the juniper side? We’re looking for
>>>> something comparable to the Nexus 9372 on the Cisco side.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> Scott H
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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