I'm considering getting a pair of S50n's for use in a colo setting. I'm
liking the S50n's versus C6500 or C150 due to the following:
* we're not currently CPU bound
* we're doing about 600 Mbps upstream and growing at least 50Mbps/mo so we'll
need to upgrade to 10GE soon
* the S-series is stackable
* dual power supply capable
The biggest questions I have:
* can this handle a filtered BGP feed
* how fast do the switches boot individually and stacked
* do you interact with each switch in a stack or as one; if as one, can you
debug problems on each individual switch?
Any other observations or comments people have about switching from Cisco land
to Force10 land would be appreciated.
-Doug
liking the S50n's versus C6500 or C150 due to the following:
* we're not currently CPU bound
* we're doing about 600 Mbps upstream and growing at least 50Mbps/mo so we'll
need to upgrade to 10GE soon
* the S-series is stackable
* dual power supply capable
The biggest questions I have:
* can this handle a filtered BGP feed
* how fast do the switches boot individually and stacked
* do you interact with each switch in a stack or as one; if as one, can you
debug problems on each individual switch?
Any other observations or comments people have about switching from Cisco land
to Force10 land would be appreciated.
-Doug