Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-18 Thread Kinkie
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Bulger, Tim tim_bul...@polk.com wrote: If you use stackable switches, you can stack across cabinets (up to 3 with 1 meter Cisco 3750 Stackwise), and uplink on the ends.  It's a pretty solid layout if you plan your port needs properly based on NIC density and

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-18 Thread Eugeniu Patrascu
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Kinkie gkin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Bulger, Tim tim_bul...@polk.com wrote: If you use stackable switches, you can stack across cabinets (up to 3 with 1 meter Cisco 3750 Stackwise), and uplink on the ends.  It's a pretty solid

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-15 Thread gordon b slater
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 09:44 +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: * Jonathan Lassoff Are there any applications that absolutely *have* to sit on the same LAN/broadcast domain and can't be configured to use unicast or multicast IP? FCoE comes to mind. and in a similar vein, ATAoE ; either

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-15 Thread Simon Leinen
Tore Anderson writes: * Jonathan Lassoff Are there any applications that absolutely *have* to sit on the same LAN/broadcast domain and can't be configured to use unicast or multicast IP? FCoE comes to mind. Doesn't FCoE need even more than that, i.e. lossless Ethernet with end-to-end flow

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Tore Anderson
* Jonathan Lassoff Are there any applications that absolutely *have* to sit on the same LAN/broadcast domain and can't be configured to use unicast or multicast IP? FCoE comes to mind. -- Tore Anderson Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ Tel: +47 21 54 41 27

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Matthew Walster
2009/11/12 David Coulson da...@davidcoulson.net You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something like VPLS - Not sure of any TOR-level switches that MPLS pseudowire a port into a VPLS cloud though. Just to let you know - the Juniper EX4200 series only support

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Randy Bush
i have seen no mention of arista as a tos switch/router, yet folk tell me it is one of the hottest on the block today. is there anyone who is actuallly using it who would care to report? randy

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Stefan
Good point about Arista - Doug Gourlay, of [ex-]Cisco fame, is probably the person to ask all possible questions about those solutions. Cisco UCS is missing, also - looking at the Nexus deployment as ToR solution (2K + 5K, even 1KV, considering the needs for virtualization, also) with all

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread rodrick brown
I've been using Arista's 7124S in a ToR deployment for a new build out for a high frequency trading client I've been engaged with. For the aggregation layer I went with Cisco 4900m's and have had much success with this deployment especially with the Arista's. Sent from my iPhone 3GS. On

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Joe Loiacono
...@walster.org Cc: nanog list nanog@nanog.org Date: 11/13/2009 08:34 AM Subject: Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR i have seen no mention of arista as a tos switch/router, yet folk tell me it is one of the hottest on the block today. is there anyone who is actuallly using it who would care to report

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Cord MacLeod
On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Matthew Walster wrote: 2009/11/12 David Coulson da...@davidcoulson.net You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something like VPLS - Not sure of any TOR-level switches that MPLS pseudowire a port into a VPLS cloud though. Just

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-13 Thread Shane Ronan
Disagree, the EX is a very capable L3 router for LANs. On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Cord MacLeod wrote: On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Matthew Walster wrote: 2009/11/12 David Coulson da...@davidcoulson.net You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something

Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Raj Singh
Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing layer 3 to top of rack do you guys have any links to published white papers on it? Thanks, Raj Singh

RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Paul Stewart
-Original Message- From: Raj Singh [mailto:raj.si...@demandmedia.com] Sent: November-12-09 2:49 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org' Subject: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Steve Feldman
On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Raj Singh wrote: Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing layer 3 to top of rack do you guys have any links to published white papers on it? Dani Roisman gave an

RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Raj Singh
...@demandmedia.com -Original Message- From: Paul Stewart [mailto:pstew...@nexicomgroup.net] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:53 AM To: Raj Singh; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR We are heading towards that type of deployment beginning next year with Juniper

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Seth Mattinen
Steve Feldman wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Raj Singh wrote: Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing layer 3 to top of rack do you guys have any links to published white papers on it?

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Brandon Ewing
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:19:36PM -0800, Seth Mattinen wrote: I'd always wondered how you make a subnet available across racks with L3 rack switching. It seems that you don't. ~Seth It's possible, with prior planning. You can have the uplinks be layer 2 trunks, with a layer 3 SVI in the

RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Bulger, Tim
@nanog.org' Subject: Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR Steve Feldman wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Raj Singh wrote: Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing layer 3 to top of rack do you guys

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Brandon Galbraith
for what Tim suggests to save the higher-cost-per-port switchports for server gear. -brandon -Tim -Original Message- From: Seth Mattinen [mailto:se...@rollernet.us] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:20 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org' Subject: Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR Steve Feldman

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 12/11/2009 20:40, Bulger, Tim wrote: Slightly off-topic.. Consider offloading 100Mb connections like PDUs, DRAC/iLO, etc. to lower cost switches to get the most out of your premium ports. Not just that, you can also use lower cost switches to move your management fully out-of-band with

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread David Coulson
Seth Mattinen wrote: I'd always wondered how you make a subnet available across racks with L3 rack switching. It seems that you don't. You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something like VPLS - Not sure of any TOR-level switches that MPLS pseudowire a port

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Malte von dem Hagen
Hej, Am 12.11.2009 21:04 Uhr schrieb Raj Singh: We are actually looking at going Layer 3 all the way to the top of rack and make each rack its own /24. what a waste of IPs and unnecessary loss of flexibility! This provides us flexibility when doing maintenance (spanning-tree). If you use a

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread David Coulson
Raj Singh wrote: We are actually looking at going Layer 3 all the way to the top of rack and make each rack its own /24. This provides us flexibility when doing maintenance (spanning-tree). Also, troubleshooting during outages is much easier by using common tools like ping and trace routes. I'm

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Jonathan Lassoff
Excerpts from David Coulson's message of Thu Nov 12 13:07:35 -0800 2009: You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something like VPLS - Not sure of any TOR-level switches that MPLS pseudowire a port into a VPLS cloud though. I was recently looking into this

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread David Coulson
Jonathan Lassoff wrote: I was recently looking into this (top-of-rack VPLS PE box). Doesn't seem to be any obvious options, though the new Juniper MX80 sounds like it can do this. It's 2 RU, and looks like it can take a DPC card or comes in a fixed 48-port GigE variety. The MX-series are

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Malte von dem Hagen
Hi, Am 12.11.2009 22:29 Uhr schrieb Jonathan Lassoff: Are there any applications that absolutely *have* to sit on the same LAN/broadcast domain and can't be configured to use unicast or multicast IP? yes. There are at least some implementations of iSCSI and the accompanying management

RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread George Bonser
@nanog.org' Subject: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR Guys, I am wondering how many of you are doing layer 3 to top of rack switches and what the pros and cons are. Also, if you are doing layer 3 to top of rack do you guys have any links to published white papers on it? Thanks, Raj Singh

RE: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread George Bonser
: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR Hej, Am 12.11.2009 21:04 Uhr schrieb Raj Singh: We are actually looking at going Layer 3 all the way to the top of rack and make each rack its own /24. what a waste of IPs and unnecessary loss of flexibility!

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
On 2009-11-12 22:37, David Coulson wrote: The MX-series are pretty nice. That should be able to do VPLS PE, however I've never tried it - MX240 did it pretty well last time I tried. I've no clue how the cost of that switch compares to a cisco 4900 or something (not that a 4900 is anything

Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

2009-11-12 Thread Olof Kasselstrand
I would suggest doing a VC with the TOR switches. That way you can have one switch for a lot of racks (I believe 10 would be the upper limit if using Juniper). If you have a VC you could do L3 and L2 where needed on every rack that the VC covers. // Olof 2009/11/13 Łukasz Bromirski