IPv6-capable 10G switches

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 06:22:18PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote:
> * Eugen Leitl
> 
> > Speaking about switches, I'm considering buying a couple of
> > EX3200-48T Juniper EX 3200 48 Port (with 8x PoE or no PoE,
> > if available) and the quote I've got from our hoster is a bit
> > out of this world (almost 4 kEUR).
> 
> Beware if you want to use IPv6 layer 3 functionality (OSPFv3) on Juniper
> EX switches.  You'll need the EX-48-AFL license which lists at US$6000,
> which is amazingly extortionate considering that the switch hardware
> plus the JUNOS base licence (which includes OSPFv2) lists at US$5400.

Thanks for the warning, that is indeed a rip-off. Also, way out of
budget that I have.

Assuming I only need marginal IPv6 layer 3 functionality (i.e. in 
software, not ASIC, no need for high-performance there), 
what would be the next-best and affordable (about 3 kEUR) equivalent 
from HP or someone else? Ability to be able to plug in 1-2 10 GBit/s
SFP+ MMF transceiver would be nice, but in a pinch I'd settle for
4x SFP MMF (1 GBit).
 
> If I only had a penny for every time I've bitched about this...
> 
> BTW only the DC models of the EX 3200 have no PoE.  However you can
> easily disable it in the configuration file.

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