If you take the entire switch and divide the costs just into the number of customer facing ports, the cost comes out to $41.66 per port. For a switch platform that includes all licensing costs, stacking, 10G uplink ports, and Enterprise feature set, I have found that to be a very good price. I would love to know about alternatives anyone has found that competes with that. Also, that is a single switch quantity price. If you order in some quantity, then that number will go down.
John On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Gino Villarini <[email protected]> wrote: > dude, how much is your per port cost? > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 7:37 PM, John Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you need 48 ports per 1RU, then I would recommend you consider the >> Huawei S5700-52X-LI-48CS-AC. They do need moderate cooling, but have >> excellent cost-per-port and all the features you would want for Ethernet >> based FTTH (downstream port isolation, per port rate-limiting, SNMP, sticky >> MAC, stacking, tons of other features). We have one in our lab we have been >> evaluating for another FTTH project and they are awesome. Much better >> feature set than Planet. They use the dual-port CSFP transceivers to get >> 48 ports into that space. The switches are about $2k each depending on >> quantity. We are a Huawei VAR so message me if you want more info. >> >> John Blake >> N1 Networks >> [email protected] >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I am shocked there is no writing on the sheet describing connections ;). >>> It does underscore how much more gear switching takes over PON. >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015, 4:35 PM Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This time I used a super dense 4U LC fiber panel that can connect up to >>>> 576. >>>> >>>> I've got about 370 of it loaded with fiber, about a third of that will >>>> be connected here. >>>> >>>> It requires the thinner mil cable which is the only PITA about this >>>> setup really. >>>> >>>> It's using 24 port 1U fiber switches, but I'm still looking for a good >>>> Planet rep to get the 48 port 1U density. >>>> I could upgrade to those and fill out the entire 12U switch space to >>>> match the 576 panel capacity. >>>> Not going to have 100 percent take rate I'm sure, but it's nice to know >>>> I can get the density in one cabinet. >>>> >>> >> >
