Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread Jeff Tantsura
og@nanog.org> Subject: Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX So can this compete routing wise against something like a Juniper MX104 or Cisco ASR 9001? On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:42 PM, lincoln dale <l...@interlink.com.au> wrote: Yes. We also have 1M+ FIB support day one too - henc

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread lincoln dale
Yes. We also have 1M+ FIB support day one too - hence the letter 'R' denoting the evolution with 3rd generation of its evolution to internet edge/router use cases. Not sure what other vendors are doing but I doubt others are yet shipping large table support. (there's more to it than just the

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread Jeff Tantsura
ff Tantsura <jeff.tants...@ericsson.com<mailto:jeff.tants...@ericsson.com>>, "nanog@nanog.org<mailto:nanog@nanog.org>" <nanog@nanog.org<mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> Subject: Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX Yes. We also have 1M+ FIB support day

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread Colton Conor
So can this compete routing wise against something like a Juniper MX104 or Cisco ASR 9001? On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:42 PM, lincoln dale wrote: > Yes. We also have 1M+ FIB support day one too - hence the letter 'R' > denoting the evolution with 3rd generation of its

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread Fredrik Korsbäck
On 18/04/16 20:01, Colton Conor wrote: > As a follow up to this post, it look like the Arista 7500R series has this > new chip inside of it. > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Jeff Tantsura > wrote: > >> That's right, logic is in programming chips, not their

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-04-18 Thread Colton Conor
As a follow up to this post, it look like the Arista 7500R series has this new chip inside of it. On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Jeff Tantsura wrote: > That's right, logic is in programming chips, not their property. You just > need to know what to program ;-) > >

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Tarko Tikan
hey, Juniper has chosen to use their own silicon for most of their dense 100G platforms, but you’ll see these chips used by pretty much everyone else I imagine at some point in the next year. Juniper silicon has one big advantage over BCM88670 - it supports 2M FIB entries. This makes

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Phil Bedard
lt;colton.co...@gmail.com>, Phil B <bedard.p...@gmail.com> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX >Hi, > >Some points: >1.DNX SDK is significantly different from SGX, adopted by Cumulus and such, >yet to be done, and this

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Tinka
On 20/Jan/16 00:17, Phil Bedard wrote: > Good point, there are many people looking at what I call FIB optimization > right now. The key is having the programmability on the device to make it > happen. Juniper/Cisco support it using policies to filter RIB->FIB and I > believe both also do

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Tinka
On 19/Jan/16 13:54, Tarko Tikan wrote: > > Juniper silicon has one big advantage over BCM88670 - it supports 2M > FIB entries. This makes PTX1000 (and QFX10002) very attractive > platform for SPs. Vendor-owned silicon will always provide better all-round performance. It's just pricier. Mark.

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Colton Conor
gt; -Original Message- > From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Colton Conor < > colton.co...@gmail.com> > Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 18:15 > To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX > >

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Phil Bedard
but we’ll see. Phil From: Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 09:29 To: Phil B <bedard.p...@gmail.com> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX I was hoping this new Broadcom chip would be able

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-19 Thread Jeff Tantsura
...@nanog.org> on behalf of Colton Conor < >> colton.co...@gmail.com> >> Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 18:15 >> To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> >> Subject: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX >> >> >Does anyone know when the switching and router

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On 18/Jan/16 01:15, Colton Conor wrote: > Does anyone know when the switching and router vendors will release their > new models with the Broadcom BCM88370 and BCM88670 chips? It looks like > these chips could be used as a carrier grade router and/or metro E device. > > More information here:

Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-18 Thread Phil Bedard
org> on behalf of Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 18:15 To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX >Does anyone know when the switching and router vendors will release their >new models with the Broadcom BCM

New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

2016-01-17 Thread Colton Conor
Does anyone know when the switching and router vendors will release their new models with the Broadcom BCM88370 and BCM88670 chips? It looks like these chips could be used as a carrier grade router and/or metro E device. More information here: http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s902223