Network Planning Tool

[William Jobs]

In terms of network planning tools three names appear to be at the top of
the list namely:

- Cariden MATE
- Opnet SP Guru Network Planner
- WANDL IP/MPLS View

We are currently considering all of them and I would appreciate any feedback
from those who have experience with any/all of them (whether on or
off-list).

Thanks.

CX4 to XFP

[William Jobs]

Hi,

I need to connect a router and a server over 10G. The router has a XFP
interface and the server has a CX4 interface.

Has anyone else undertaken a similar setup? What were the difficulties you
encountered especially in terms of reduced throughput, packet loss etc. Any
recommended media converters?

I would appreciate any insight as to how I would go about getting this done?

Thanks.