RE: Cisco One Article

It seems cisco is jumping the bandwagon of SDN. But What the future hold for
CCIE candidates ? Is it time to think about moving to software side ?

Thanks

> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:40:49 -0700
> From: bdennis_at_ine.com
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Cisco One Article
>
> Quote: "Cisco also unveiled proof-of-concept controller software and
> proof-of-concept OpenFlow v1.0 agent for its Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X
> switches for SDN research"
>
> But who uses 3750 and 3560's as a data center switch? They should have
> started with something from the Nexus line. I guess it's at least a start.
>
> --
> Brian Dennis, CCIEx5 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP/Voice)
> bdennis_at_ine.com
>
> Internetwork Expert, Inc.
> http://www.INE.com
>
> On 06/13/2012 12:24 PM, Tony Singh wrote:
> >
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/061312-cisco-sdn-260138.html?hpg1=bn
> >
> > Some interesting ideas inc vxlan and software defined 3750x and 3560x for
r&d, wish I was there
> >
> >
> > --
> > BR
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 2 Jun 2012, at 16:38, WorkerBee<ciscobee_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, there are customers in AU/NZ running QFabric in production.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Radioactive Frog<pbhatkoti_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>> Both vendor still won't support a third party SFP! what a insane.
> >>> Is there anyone who've deployed Qfabric yet in production?
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Joseph L. Brunner
> >>> <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ok ok ok - juniper boys settle down - we hear ya -
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is a breath of sanity on qfabric I found
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.mentby.com/chris-evans-2/qfabric.html
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> >>>> Karim Jamali
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:39 AM
> >>>> To: Alexander Halim; Cisco certification
> >>>> Subject: Re: Article on Juniper QFabric
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Alexander,
> >>>>
> >>>> I would say it is a much better architecture for various reasons.
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. With Nexus FEX, the N2K act as line cards& all traffic has to be
sent
> >>>> to the parent N5K whereas the QFnodes have a routing engine to decide
where
> >>>> to send the packet.
> >>>> 2. There is only a single lookup across the whole system. There is a
> >>>> Fabric Header that is added by the QFnodes to determine which QFnode
the
> >>>> packet should be sent to .
> >>>> 3. The system can scale up to 6,144 10GE ports and still managed as a
> >>>> single switch.
> >>>> 4. Fully converged I/O in terms of connecting the SAN switches to the
> >>>> QFnodes.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
http://juniper.mwnewsroom.com/press-releases/deutsche-boerse-group-selects-ju
niper-networks-to--nyse-jnpr-0816396
> >>>>
> >>>>
http://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/bell-canada-selects-juniper-networ
ks-single-tier--nyse-jnpr-0811293
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank You
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Alexander
Halim<cisco.alexand_at_gmail.com
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It seems similar to Nexus FEX but with much higher port density. But
> >>>>> has anyone deployed QFabric in production?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>> Alexander Lim
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Jun 2, 2012, at 4:48 AM, Sukhjit Hayre
> >>>>> <sukhjit.hayre_at_googlemail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
http://m.zimbio.com/Cisco+Systems+Inc./articles/k8ulf-PRjAg/Juniper+QF
> >>>>> abric+smashed+Cisco+dreams
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> BR
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Tony CCNP CCNA R&S JNCIS-SEC MCSE
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
> >>>>>>
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