Re: Nexus 7k query

Thanks for your useful feedback , Ronnie ,Shaun & others..

To through in Nexus 1000Vs in the mix , I reckon Cisco got a good DC Product
in Nexus switching family , but may not be for DC WAN aggregating Routering
device as we opined.

tony

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ronnie Angello <ronnie.angello_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> I personally wouldn't position the Nexus 7k for WAN aggregation, but in
> theory you could probably carve out a separate VDC for that... Note that
> WAN interfaces aren't supported on the platform, so it would have to be
> Ethernet connectivity. I would recommend the ISR/ASR/7200 for a separate
> WAN agg.
>
> The Nexus 7k has its place in the DC core / agg where you have a need for
> high 10GE port density, or if you're gearing up for end to end FCoE in the
> DC. Also for connecting DCs with OTV as you mentioned...
>
> You can direct attach an FCoE storage array to the Nexus 5k, but I don't
> believe that it's supported on the 7k (yet). It may later with the F series
> line cards, but don't quote me on either of those statements...
>
> Ronnie
>
> On Feb 6, 2011 5:48 AM, "Tony Edwards" <tonyedwards.rs_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I appreciate if some one could guide me on the following queries.
>
> Has any one deployed Nexus 7K box to do dual job of both DC WAN edge
> aggregating routing & WAN Traffic Shaping , LLQ for 100 + Voice gateways on
> WAN as well as doing DC core Vlan routing/switching for large server farm
> and potentially replace 2 x DC comms devices of DC WAN Router & existing
> DC core CAT 6k or 4k.
>
> If answer is Yes , what are the performance issues you have faced so far in
> this DC deployment method and how stable the box is so far ?
>
> If answer is NO , then we can not we deploy Nexus 7k in this dual role ?
> Meaning , do you recommend this design to your customers ?
>
> The fact that , we can have 10GE to ESXi server farms and be able to get
> rid
> of SPT all together and also can have VPLS kind of OTV capability to span
> both Primary DC as well as DR DC on a single LAN subnet/segment are very
> attractive reasons to go for Nexus 7K with in DC switching & internal vlan
> routing ..etc. But I am not 100% sure (with out even going any where near
> installing DSP chips or T1/E1 controllers or turning on MGCP or CUBE
> functionality on it) on its ability to do 100% WAN Routing & WAN Qos with
> in
> DC particularly at par with other DC dedicated boxes such as ASR 100Xs or
> even 7206s or 7204s or 3945/ISR-G2..etc.
>
> Secondly , can I connect SAN to Nexus directly with FCoE capability ?
>
> As advanced skill sets on Nexus 7Ks are not that common around , I hoping
> to
> pick up some help from this GS community.
>
> thanks
>
> tony
>
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