Thank you all for your input and advice. This will be valuable information for us to use when making our decision!
Brad On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:12 PM, "Nick Hilliard" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
