i’ve been involved quite extensively in n7k as campus distribution. this was pre-c6k/s2t during initial deployment and we’ve continued on same path for all sites, just with refreshed hardware on n7k (sup2/fab2/f2e instead of sup1/fab1/m1).
the platform is robust, though nothing better than the catalyst line at this point. vpc is used to dual-home to each access idf. vdc used to split out chassis into multiple aggregation zones. aside from random bugs cropping up in the scheduler between 5.0 —> 5.1 —> 5.2 —> 6.x; everything has been solid. q. -- quinn snyder [email protected] On Jun 12, 2014, at 4:59, Antoine Monnier <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Michele for sharing the feedback you received on this. > > > Our cisco sales rep is telling us that he has never heard of Nexus used as > a campus distribution-layer and is trying to convince us that that Catalyst > 6807 is the right choice (instead of Nexus 56128P), even though we would > get less 10Gig port-density, 1:2 oversubscription, 5x more RU used, at > least twice the power consumption, etc... and all of this for twice the > price! > > Are there other people out there using Nexus (3x00 ? 5x00? 6x00 7x00?) at > the distribution-layer of medium-sized campus? > Medium-sized being about 60 access-layer closets with dual 10 Gig uplink > each and a small server-farm. > > > On the downside I hear that the "orphan port" scenario with vPC may be a > pain in the back side? I still need to read the details of this. > Is anyone running vPC at the distribution-layer of a campus environment? > > > Thanks > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Michele Bergonzoni <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Does anybody have success/horror stories about the [Nexus] 3064 or 3048 to >>> >>> share? If you email me in private, I can post an anonimized summary. >>> >> >> I received two very helpful replies. >> >> One person told me about some new 3172PQ: "I am loving them to death". >> This person is using them as L2, with vPC. >> >> One person is using the 3064X with OSPF, BGP VRRP and is happy with it. >> This is very similar to what I am trying to do. >> >> I still feel a bit uneasy, but I think we will end up trusting the >> datasheet. >> >> Cheers to all, >> >> Bergonz >> >> -- >> Ing. Michele Bergonzoni - Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi S.p.a. >> Phone:+39-051-6781926 e-mail: [email protected] >> alt.advanced.networks.design.configure.operate >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/
