Re: [j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-16 Thread Morgan McLean
Yes you need at least one xre. I suggest you read juniper documentation on the 8200 VC. Morgan On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Robert Hass wrote: > Do I need 2x XRE to have Virtual-Chassis of EX8200 or I can do this without > XRE ? > > Rob > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Morgan McLean >

Re: [j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-15 Thread Robert Hass
Do I need 2x XRE to have Virtual-Chassis of EX8200 or I can do this without XRE ? Rob On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Morgan McLean wrote: > The 8200 vc stability is the best out of the EX lineup in my testing. I > can't make it fall over, where as I can find corner cases that will crash > 3

Re: [j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-13 Thread Jason S. Cash
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, Robert Hass wrote: How Virtual-Chassis on Juniper EX8200 is different than Catalyst 6500 (Sup2T) VSS ? If you haven't already purchased ex8200s, talk to your juniper rep regarding the lifespan of the box and the linecard roadmap. The ex9200 appears to be the future in

Re: [j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-13 Thread Morgan McLean
The 8200 vc stability is the best out of the EX lineup in my testing. I can't make it fall over, where as I can find corner cases that will crash 3300s etc. Just keep in mind the VC connections will only work with certain line cards afaik. And I thought two RE's were required for dual xre use but

Re: [j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-13 Thread Billy Sneed
The EX8200 Virtual-Chassis w/ a couple of the XRE200's does well. The XRE's act as the control plane and the 8200's end up just being linecards. It's a bit hack-ish IMHO w/ a EX2200 switch acting as the glue between each XRE and the 8200. We've run 11.2 - 11.4 and pleased w/ the stability. Our

[j-nsp] EX8200 VirtualChassis versus Cisco VSS

2013-08-13 Thread Robert Hass
How Virtual-Chassis on Juniper EX8200 is different than Catalyst 6500 (Sup2T) VSS ? Are both have shared control-plane ? How about stability of Virtual-Chassis and VSS on latest software releases ? I would like to implement core layer using EX8200 or Cat6500 (two core switches). Each core dev