We are not in a service provider network, however we have been using Nexus 5500 switches for high speed Layer 2 locations throughout out campus. They are about the same price (a little cheaper looking at 32 port models) and I'm finding I like the Nexus platform much more. There are some differences between IOS-XE and NX-OS however I have found the flexibility of NX-OS to be a huge advantage. We run the 5500's back to our 7k core for layer 3 and we are using VDC for zone isolation on the 7k's.
Thanks, Blake -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lukasz Bromirski Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 12:22 PM To: CiscoNSP List Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Replacing 3750X stack Why you say Cisco doesn't see any "longevity" for 4500X? 4500X is here to stay, as part of 4500 family, which itself is also here to stay. Roadmap points far into future. You can go ahead with 4500X deployments, or experiment with other metro platforms - ME3600/3800 or even 6880. -- ./ > On 2 maj 2014, at 02:20, CiscoNSP List <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > We have a 3750X stack (2 switches) doing pure L2 at a small POP (Acting as a > "core" switch) - The small buffers are causing a lot of performance issues, > so we are looking to upgrade them. > > We run pairs of 4500X's (In VSS) at some other POPs, and are quite happy with > them, but Cisco dont appear to see this platform as having any longevity? > > Hoping for some recommendations on replacement switch(es) for the 3750 - The > 6800's look very nice, but Ive got no idea on price? > > We are a small Service Provider, and primarily provide private > networks(VRF's) to customers - All L3 is currently done on 7200's and > ASR1K's > > Cheers. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
