We run all Juniper QFX in our DC and cannot be happier. Solid stuff. -Will [cid:0b7ef51a-4778-4669-ba5c-01a2acbb0bce.jpg] William Essary [cid:aheliotech-hexagon-logo-cropped_4ea04a43-cfad-47ab-9277-d5827ac9395a.jpg] <http://www.aheliotech.com> Office: 614.333.0000 <tel:6143330000> Fax: 614.333.1111 <tel:6143331111> wessary@aheliotech.com<mailto:wessary@aheliotech.com> www.aheliotech.com<http://www.aheliotech.com> [cid:facebook-emailSig_bdc3b07b-8cb1-4cc6-b9de-ebef5b3cb299.png] Like Us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/aheliotech> [cid:twitter-emailSig_296de7a6-c36d-4ee8-9c31-001d0fa1dc34.png] Follow Us on Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/aheliotech> [cid:linkedin-emailSig_c138ee31-9787-443b-93c3-41f74a00b3ae.png] Connect on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/companies/aheliotech-ltd> [cid:support-emailSig_e6c17c73-dddf-4279-8636-0a4b162b1dbb.png] Open a Support Ticket <http://www.aheliotech.com/support-ticket/> [cid:internationalNumbers-emailSig_d4b77f2a-7ca5-429a-825e-d67a8adef3cb.png] International Phone #'s <http://www.aheliotech.com/about-aheliotech/contact-us/> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+wessary=aheliotech.com@nanog.org>, <nanog-bounces+wessary=aheliotech.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Matt Erculiani <merculiani@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 15:34 To: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: 1G/10G BaseT switch recommendation The Juniper QFX 5120-48T has the 48x10G RJ45s you're looking for and has QSFP+/28 100G capable ports that can each be broken out into 4x25G (via DAC or MPO). They can be licensed to add OSPF/BGP and their brand is ubiquitous enough that API support should be no problem on most management platforms. I think you'll have a tougher time finding native SFP28 25G uplink ports for a 10G switch as it's mostly seen as a server-facing port speed alternative alongside 10G, rather than an uplink for 10G; the oversubscription ratio between 48x10G and 4-6x25G is quite high when you account for at least 2N redundancy on the uplinks. -Matt On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:47 PM Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com<mailto:drew.weaver@thenap.com>> wrote: Hello everyone, I’m looking for recommendations from the community on 48x10G RJ45/4-6 SFP28 (uplink ports) switches that people actually like working with. Features are VPC or non-vendor specific equivalent, L2/L3 BGP/OSPFv3, ACLs, functional CoPP and some sort of API to manage them. [the CLI would work, my lib can handle most Networking OS CLIs anyway] My problem point is coming from the RJ45 requirement, most vendors have one switch that they sell that is RJ45 at 10G or at the most one in each line (enterprise/datacenter) and they seem to be almost an afterthought. [probably because SFP28 is better in every way if you are already using fiber at the endpoint] sadly, we are not. I just want to make sure I am not excluding any vendors from my research. I appreciate any suggestions or recommendations. Can even keep it off-list if you want. Thanks, -Drew -- Matt Erculiani ERCUL-ARIN
