This is really the wrong place to be asking. Maybe try the cisco-nsp and juniper-nsp mailing lists and HP ITRC web forums. There are other decent switch vendors too of course - brocade extreme arista etc.
Since you are mainly concerned about ACS and 802.1x and this is probably the area where interop problems are more likely, make sure you search for posts about that (or ask direct questions, if your searches are unsuccessful). The key thing is to work out exactly what you want to do and see if your proposed equipment (exact model not just "HP" or "Juniper" or "Cisco") will support it. Look for real user reports of anything particularly important don't just rely on vendor spec sheets. FWIW I (and several others here) had generally good experiences with the HP-designed switches (I use this wording to avoid including the ex 3com switches which I think are less widely-used around here) but no idea about 802.1x. Their hardware support/warranty and licensing are great, didn't have to use their software support. On 2012-03-22, TS Lura <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear OpenBSD community, > > > I have been tasked with figuring out which supplier of networking equipment > we should buy for our networking edge. I am working on my own report. But > it would be nice to hear about your experiences , since I think there are > many in here which are experienced in networking. It's off topic but I hope > it's okay to ask in the misc part of openbsd.org. > > We are using Cisco in the core, and distribution. It's in the edge we are > thinking about other vendors. > > Today we are using Cisco 4500 (Layer 2 and 3) and 2960s (Layer 2) at the > edge where high availability is an issue. And 35xx, 37xx (layer 3) in > regular networking closets. It's these boxes (with focus on 2960 > replacements) we are thinking about replacing with the equivalent from > either Juniper or HP. > > What are your experiences with Cisco, Juniper, and HP in general. (Support, > licensing terms, how easy it is to debug / finding information, is it alot > of hassle working with multiple suppliers) > And more specific about using Cisco, Juniper, and/or HP in a > mixed environment. (Does it work, do you have to fiddle allot to get it to > work.) Our main concern is about ACS and 802.1x with non-cisco vendors. > > > Any replies will be greeted with gratitude. :) > > > -TSLura.
