Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

[Hunter Fuller <hf0002+nanog () uah edu>]

Ruckus ICX switches do not do MPLS. They meet all the other requirements
listed, but unfortunately MPLS was listed as the most important one.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 3:01 PM Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>
wrote:

> On 04/18/2018 03:49 PM, Eric Litvin wrote:
> > Brocade/arris is eager for business these days. They have a nice switch
> (10g ports with 40g stacking) that should meet your needs with very
> aggressive pricing.
>
> Does the Brocade/Foundry-lineage stuff that went to Arris actually do
> MPLS?  I didn't think ICX did any MPLS.
>
> The SLX (and MLX) line that went to Extreme does but is perhaps overkill
> (it will also do Internet-scale FIB).  The SLX9540 is a 48 port SFP+
> pizza box that also has 6 40/100Gb QSFP+/28 ports on it.  You'd need the
> "advanced feature" license for MPLS, and I don't know how mature the
> MPLS code is.  Pricing I've seen is pretty good for what you get, but
> again it may be overkill.
>
> Juniper has some nice boxes in the EX series with at least MPLS
> L2-endpoint functionality that might also be an option for this sort of
> thing, but I don't know any models off the top of my head.
> --
> Brandon Martin
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