Supposedly the use case is university campus networks...
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On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Brian Dennis <bdennis_at_ine.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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
>>
>>
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>> Tony
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>> 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-juniper-networks-to--nyse-jnpr-0816396
>>>>>
>>>>> http://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/bell-canada-selects-juniper-networks-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
>>>>>>>
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