On 11/08/2011 17:03, Mack McBride wrote: > Brocade's fiber channel is still a market leader. > The Ethernet switches not so much.
I think you need to separate Brocade's ethernet switches from the Foundry Networks switches. No idea about the Brocade designed gear, but the Foundry kit has worked well for me. It performs as stated on the box, although as several other people have noted, it doesn't have as many features as other vendors (e.g. J, C, etc). > HP also has very solid switch gear, much of this is patent rights from Cisco > so the tech > is the same Ciscos. Primary advantage is price. The CLI leaves something to > be desired. Also, the HP policy for third party transceivers, which is: fuggettaboutit. Nick _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
