Re: [j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-28 Thread Doug Marschke
-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch... Somewhat related, I seem to recall reading/hearing/imagining somewhere that an MX chassis couldn't provide enough power to 'fuel' a full complement of DPCE-EQ cards (not sure if this was tied to a particular chassis o

Re: [j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-28 Thread David Ball
Somewhat related, I seem to recall reading/hearing/imagining somewhere that an MX chassis couldn't provide enough power to 'fuel' a full complement of DPCE-EQ cards (not sure if this was tied to a particular chassis or not). Sounds strange, I know, but can anyone confirm/deny this potentially im

Re: [j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-19 Thread Derick Winkworth
> No option to distribute by src/dst IP, TCP/UDP src/dst port, MPLS label ? > > > We were only looking at layer-2 interfaces that are part of bridge-domains... Good question though. You can configure all of those things you mentioned, it really depends on what family is configured on the int

Re: [j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-19 Thread Alexandre Snarskii
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:33:25PM -0300, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote: > > 3) To be 100% compatible with Cisco's PVST+, you need to use "force-version" > > and make sure you are configured for STP and not rapid-pvst... > > Any references whether this is the case with EX-series ? Interoperability betwee

Re: [j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-18 Thread Rubens Kuhl Jr.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Derick Winkworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fiddling with the MX for a POC-like session, I found a couple of things > others may find interesting... > > 1) On etherchannel bundles, traffic is distributed per destination-mac, per > source-mac, or both. Unfortunat

[j-nsp] General MX notes for use as a core ethernet switch...

2008-08-18 Thread Derick Winkworth
Fiddling with the MX for a POC-like session, I found a couple of things others may find interesting... 1) On etherchannel bundles, traffic is distributed per destination-mac, per source-mac, or both. Unfortunately, this is not configurable on a per-link basis, only globally. So, for us, this