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March 21, 2012
Charles Hurbert
Juniper EX4500-40F-BF-C: What's in a name?
We've just landed a few more EX4500-40F-BF-C 10gig SFP+ switches. These newer -C versions of the EX4500 allow for convergence with hardware support for DCB (data center bridging, or CEE), which is required to transport storage traffic over IP/Ethernet networks. These particular units carry the...
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February 23, 2012
Charles Hurbert
NEW Juniper EX-Series Switches and SRX Service Gateways!
The title says it all. I just got in 4 pallets of NEW/SEALED Juniper EX-Series switches and SRX Service Gateways! Here's the part list: EX2200-24T-4G EX2200-24P-4G EX3200-24P EX3200-48T EX4200-48T EX4200-24T SRX220H SRX240H Let me know if you want to talk about bulk discounts (while they last...
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February 13, 2012
Charles Hurbert
MLXe High-Density MLPS Router is Here!
We are finally starting to see our customers migrate from generation 1 MLX/XMR chassis and line-cards to Brocade's new MLXe converged platform. In addition to offering increased 10GbE port density (NI-MLX-10GX8-D, NI-MLX-10GX8-M, BR-MLX-10GX4-X) and the forward-thinking 100GbE card (BR-MLX-...
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January 26, 2012
Charles Hurbert
Juniper MX240BASE-AC-HIGH Bundles
I know Brocade's router offering pretty well. That's because up until recently, we didn't see much Juniper MX series gear on the secondary market. This week, that's all going to change. The Juniper MX240 Ethernet Services Router has a performance of 200+ Gbit/s throughput,...
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December 09, 2011
Charles Hurbert
Double your Density: Brocade NetIron NI-MLX-1GX48-T-A
Over the past year we've saved a number of mid-sized telecom clients a good deal of their IT budgets by helping them increase port density in existing configurations rather than upgrading to a larger profile chassis. One such card that more than doubles existing port-density is the NI-MLX-1GX48-T-...
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December 09, 2011
Brian Stadtmiller
A Man For All Seasons: Brocade BigIron RX
(Author contemplating the possibilities of an RX-32!) The Foundry Brocade BigIron RX series is probably my favorite product in the Brocade IP product line. While the Netiron series (XMR/MLX) is the direction many choose for High Performance Core routing or any heavy Layer 3 requirements (including...
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