[j-nsp] EX4550 suitability

2014-03-15 Thread Skeeve Stevens
Hey all, Just wondering if anyone has much experience with EX4550's as storage switching - iSCSI. Also, does anyone know what the packet buffers of the EX4550 is? ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd ske...@eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300

Re: [j-nsp] eBGP neighbor link failure detection

2014-03-15 Thread Vitkovský Adam
You can verify whether the fast external failover is enabled for the peer/globally (should be on by default). -in that case the 3min hold down timer does not need to expire when the link to neighbor fails and the adj-rib-in is flushed immediately. Also you can verify whether the BGP Next-Hop

Re: [j-nsp] Do the old M-series fixed optic SONET/SDH PICs wear out?

2014-03-15 Thread Will Orton
I've come across things like: http://assets.newport.com/webDocuments-EN/images/AN29_Life_Test_Laser_Diode_1310nm_IX.PDF Which seem to indicate that 30,000-50,000 hours of life from a 1310nm laser diode is within reason (but that's at 60C, and with control circuitry that limits to 20% increase

[j-nsp] Opinions on the QFX 3500 in regards to linerate L3 performance?

2014-03-15 Thread Paul S.
Hi guys, I've got a client who's interested in deploying the 3500 as TORs. He'll need to evenly distribute around 20/30g of bandwidth (via aggregated ethernet links) to multitudes of virtualized systems with individual vlans all located in singular racks. Would the QFX be an okay solution

Re: [j-nsp] EX4550 suitability

2014-03-15 Thread Bill Blackford
I started using a vc pair in this role. I'm curious if there are any best practices. For ex., tagged-access vs. trunk, reflective relay, what to do with flow control, DCBX? Application mapping. On Mar 15, 2014 4:05 AM, Skeeve Stevens skeeve+juniper...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: Hey all,

Re: [j-nsp] Opinions on the QFX 3500 in regards to linerate L3 performance?

2014-03-15 Thread Giuliano Cardozo Medalha
why not using qfx5100 platform ? much better low latency 0,6 us and new hardware from juniper Sent from my iPhone On 15/03/2014, at 13:02, Paul S. cont...@winterei.se wrote: Hi guys, I've got a client who's interested in deploying the 3500 as TORs. He'll need to evenly distribute