IPv6-capable 10G switches

[Truman Boyes]

On 12 Jan 2011, at 9:31 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> 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.

This license is specifically for IPv6 routing protocols. You always have access static IPv6 routing with no additional costs. In a ToR scenario, there is generally no IGP running on each ToR.

Truman




> 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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