Hey, With the SRX-GP-16GE only being about 2K, I think I will just do 4 etherchannels from the switch to the SRX.
There is just no cost justification. ...Skeeve -------------------------------------------------------------------- Skeeve Stevens, Chief Executive Officer eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists [email protected] / www.eintellego.net Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954 Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve ; facebook.com/eintellego -- NOC, NOC, who's there? On 21/10/2010, at 12:34 AM, Julien Goodwin wrote: > On 20/10/10 23:20, Skeeve Stevens wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> On the Juniper product page for the SRX650 under interfaces it lists: >> >> "2 x 10 GbE SFP+ / 10 GbE Base-T Copper" >> >> I've found some obscure references to the PIM - code SRX-GP-2XE-SFPP-TX >> >> Which seems to suggest you get 2 * SFP+ and 2 * 10GBase-T. That is a little >> odd. > > Fairly standard, you get the copper or the SFP. Same with plenty of > switches (eg, EX3200). > >> Has anyone used these... I can't even find a picture on Google, and most of >> my suppliers don't even list it - but one does. > > I could *swear* I had some more details, but can't find anything. If you > trawl through the 10.2 release notes you get this: > > 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet XPIM—The 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet XPIM is > supported on SRX650 devices. > > The 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet XPIM provides a connection to high-speed > Ethernet networks through branch WAN service and allows carriers to > provide multiple levels of Ethernet service with a single connection > option for all service ranges. The 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet XPIM is a > single-slot XPIM that can be installed only in the 20-gigabit GPIM slots > (slot 2 or 6) on the front panel of the SRX650 Services Gateway. > > The 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet XPIM contains two 10-Gigabit Ethernet > interfaces with both copper and small form-factor pluggable transceiver > (SFP) terminations, to support redundancy and enable the SRX650 Services > Gateway to be used as a pure security service device. > > The following key features are supported on the 2-Port 10-Gigabit > Ethernet XPIM: > Online Insertion and Removal (OIR) capable. > Contains a total of four ports (two SFP+ and two 10GBASE-T). Only two of > the four ports can be active at any time; mix and match between the > copper and fiber types is supported. > ... > Quad speed support for copper mode: 10GBASE-T IEEE 820.3an, 1000BASE-T > IEEE 802.3ab, 100BASE-T IEEE 802.3u, and 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3. > Standard quality-of-service (QoS) features. > User-configuration of fiber and copper ports: > When the interface is configured as a copper port, a typical Ethernet > configuration such as Autoneg is supported. Forced rate and link mode > are allowed. Four forced and Autoneg rates are provided: 10 gigabits, 1 > gigabit, 100 Mbps, and 10 Mbps. > >> Also, does anyone know why these modules are so damn expensive (about >> US$9000) where most Cisco 2 port SFP+ modules, Juniper EX3200/4200 and HP >> E2910al cards are all around the $1200-$1500 range. > > If they're not shipping in quantity that alone could be enough, the 4SFP > / 2SFP+ module for the EX4200 cost a customer nearly $5k each when first > available. > > Then remember it's (essentially) a 2x10g module for a router that > doesn't just do ethernet (even if that's all anyone does use them for) > and so a lot of bits that are included as standard in ethernet-only gear > is on the module. > > -- > Julien Goodwin > Studio442 > "Blue Sky Solutioneering" _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
