Where do you get wholesale pricing from Edgecore? Simple google searches only bring up https://bm-switch.com/index.php/edge-core-as7712-32x-100g-bm-switch-preloaded-with-onie.html
On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Hugo Slabbert <h...@slabnet.com> wrote: > > On Fri 2018-Jan-05 12:50:42 -0600, Bryan Holloway <br...@shout.net> wrote: > > Fiberstore is rolling out some CRAZY cheap 100Gbps switches, and I'm >> curious if anyone in the community has any thoughts or real-life world >> experience with them. >> >> E.g.: https://www.fs.com/products/69340.html >> >> For the price point, it's almost in the "too good to be true" category. >> > > The price is on par with the hardware cost of other whitebox Tomahawks, > e.g. Edge-Core 32x100G models like the AS7712 or AS7716 that also runs the > BCM56960, so the primary distinction seems to be that you get a NOS > included in that price. I have zero experience with Broadcom's ICOS as > opposed to the other options on the market, so it seems to be a question of > whether you're happy with that or would be e.g. paying Cumulus or $vendor a > few K USD for a license for their NOS on it. > > > Naturally it claims to support an impressive range of features including >> BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, VRFs, blah blah blah. >> >> There was an earlier discussion about packet buffer issues, but, assuming >> for a second that it's not an issue, can anyone say they've used these >> and/or the L2/L3 features that they purportedly support? >> >> Thanks! >> - bryan >> >> > -- > Hugo Slabbert | email, xmpp/jabber: h...@slabnet.com > pgp key: B178313E | also on Signal >