IPv6-capable 10G switches

George Bonser gbonser at seven.com
Wed Jan 12 16:52:57 CET 2011


> Is it just me or is this a *bit* too late to be useful?
> 
> We're already not buying Arista gear *today* due to lack of IPv6
> support
> (and the important bit is "IPv6 forwarding", not IPv6 for management).
> 
> Gert Doering
>         -- NetMaster
> --
> did you enable IPv6 on something today...?

They support v6 at layer2, you just can't use it at layer3 except for
static routes.  I have Arista 7100's in service today in a v6 network.
They aggregate several Brocade FCX top of rack switches in one cage and
link to my core on a different cage.  They work quite well.  Though I
have to admit, I do have an application today where a pair of 7100's
would be perfect of they did v6 layer3 in HW.

But maybe I can run Quagga on it?  They don't need to do THAT much L3
routing but do need OSPF for v6.




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