Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-23 Thread Sebastian Wiesinger
* Andy Litzinger [2013-05-15 21:00]: > Has anyone used a 10G DAC/Twinax cable between an EX4550 and other vendor > gear? Did you use Juniper DAC cables or the other vendor cables? > > In particular I'm planning on linking a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and > also an F5 BigIP 4200v to a VC of

Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-16 Thread Luca Salvatore
Message- From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Morgan McLean Sent: Thursday, 16 May 2013 4:50 PM To: Brent Jones Cc: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor We've had numerous t

Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-15 Thread Morgan McLean
We've had numerous twinax cables become dislodged enough to drop link not only just by a minor bump, but all by themselves. Not even snapped out, just going back and firmly pushing on the module brings it back. Totally unreliable, at least the ones from juniper. I got 10g sx modules for 85$ each.

Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-15 Thread Brent Jones
Care to share any details? Such as what problems you had with twinax, and how you overcame the cost disparity? On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Morgan McLean wrote: > Go with optics, the twinax cables are garbage in my experience. In the > process of removing all the twinax from my network in

Re: [j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-15 Thread Morgan McLean
Go with optics, the twinax cables are garbage in my experience. In the process of removing all the twinax from my network in favor of optics. Morgan On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Andy Litzinger < andy.litzin...@theplatform.com> wrote: > Has anyone used a 10G DAC/Twinax cable between an EX45

[j-nsp] experience using 10G DAC (twinax) cables between EX and multi-vendor

2013-05-15 Thread Andy Litzinger
Has anyone used a 10G DAC/Twinax cable between an EX4550 and other vendor gear? Did you use Juniper DAC cables or the other vendor cables? In particular I'm planning on linking a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and also an F5 BigIP 4200v to a VC of EX4550s. would you recommend it or should I for