What Junos version are you running? Earlier versions had a slower GUI with auto commit which is a pain on larger stacks. Recent ones have commit in the GUI as well.
-Anders Sent from my iPhone On 27 okt 2011, at 10:00, Ben N <bennordlan...@gmail.com> wrote: I love JUNOS. just learned it about a year ago with the SRX Firewalls and the EX 4200 switches (i have 4 SRX and 12 EX4200). it is a joy to use after using Cisco IOS for sooo many years. The web GUI is slow, but the CLI is super fun to use. There isn't a huge difference either between FW and SW like there is with Cisco IOS for ASA and SW. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Anders Blomgren <chanks...@gmail.com>wrote: > No, we just use the cli or the builtin web GUI, which isn't bad at all. > There ain't nothing you can do in the cli which isn't exposed in some form > in the GUI. A neat thing is port profiles which saves your techs from having > to assign vlan and voice vlan. Just define once and use on ports. > > -Anders > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26 okt 2011, at 21:40, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> > wrote: > > Will do. Do you have any experience of their management platform? It’s > one area where I guess we’ll speak to the reseller but the info on the > Juniper website is minimal at best – Junoscope I believe? > > > > I’m not afraid of a cli but equally if a vendor makes a tool to make my > life (and others who may not have a day to day reason to care about a cli) > easier I’m all for it. > > > > Paul > > ** > > *From:* Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 26 October 2011 19:28 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Juniper Networks Switches? > > > > Please let me know what you think after a little hands on. I love working > with the Junos cli. Commits instead of direct edits, automated rollback if > you don't confirm commits and so on. And like any stacked product, you > manage it as one switch. 38 physical switches here but only 6 stacks to > manage. > > > > -Anders > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 26 okt 2011, at 13:46, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> > wrote: > > Thanks Anders, appreciate the info. We’ve spoken to a reseller who is > accredited with Juniper and the phone vendor we have in mind and we’re going > to go speak to them and try and get a little hands on. > > > > Management capability is probably going to be the key to any decision. > > > > Thanks again, > > Paul > > *From:* Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 25 October 2011 22:08 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Juniper Networks Switches? > > > > Our whole network is basically a bunch of EX-4200's in various stacks. Smb, > afp, nfs, iscsi, you name it. Except for voip. :) But the gui has settings > for voice vlan for a simple switchport and they come in all-POE versions as > well so I have a hard time seeing why they wouldn't work well for voip. > We're pleased with both the performance and features, which is at the higher > end of access switches. Think Cisco 3750 if it means anything to you. We > even do all our routing except for bgp peering in a pair of stacks using > vrrp. > > > > I have no experience with EX2200, EX2500, EX3200 or EX3300. I do know that > some features that are included in the EX4200 are licensed separately for > the others. You'll have to ask your reseller for what those are. > > > > -Anders > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> > wrote: > > Thanks Anders. I guess the basic question is whether it's any good? > > > > Our needs are reasonably simple on a technical level (I think!). > > > > What we are keen on, if possible, is to try and get a vendor with one OS > across their range. Right now we have an eclectic mix of vendors kit and > frankly it's a nightmare. Moving to a single vendor won't happen quickly > but it's what we're trying to aim for and it seems that if you take HP and > Cisco as two examples, you can buy two different models and you're not > necessarily running the same OS. > > > > I suspect we'll get a vendor in who can offer a solution with what > currently looks like the phone platform we're going for - that's the other > fun part, finding a one stop shop so the phone vendor doesn't point fingers > at the switch vendor and vice versa. > > > > Paul > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Anders Blomgren [chanks...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 25 October 2011 7:12 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Juniper Networks Switches? > > We use EX switches in a stacked configuration. Juniper calls it a Virtual > Chassis. Our VoIP network is totally separate as its a hosted solution and > the vendor wouldn't commit to full responsibility if we put it on the > > same switches. 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