RE: OT: Nexus 3548

All true JB -

We met with Gnodal - looking to buy a pair this month - very good layer 2 switch. We are looking at the 40 port unit

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From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of JB Poplawski
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:15 AM
To: Vibeesh S
Cc: Cisco certification
Subject: Re: OT: Nexus 3548

3548 is pricey and aimed more towards a Low Latency environment, for trading, etc. I thought Nexus 5Ks were the next step for 48 10Gb. Also have 7004s as options.

As far as I know (and have been told by our SEs) the Nexus will pretty much do whatever you want it to. You need an additional license to do Warp Span (Low Latency Span of 1 port to Many). Also has a PTP port and can receive timing direct from the Master Clock.

We're looking at them more, ping me direct if there's anything specific. I know latency beats most everything around. As far as latency is concerned, I think they have a contender with Zeptonics, but next lower rungs are Gnodal and Arista. Cisco's new box is a "game-changer", LOL, and no I don't work for them.

Hope this helps!
JB

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Vibeesh S <vibselva_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If anyone can help me with the specific advantage of a nexus 3548
> apart from the fact its just a 1/10G 48 port switch which cannot
> connect the FEX.
> I beleive we can use the full L2 features of Nx-Os Can we run it in L3
> mode, do we need a special license. any info is valuable for me.
>
> Cheers
> Vibs
>
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