On the ‘net: Just Two Switches? Deploying two switches provided by a vendor seems, on the surface, to be a very simple solution. The vendor’s solution is going to provide a strong suite of vertically integrated solutions, such as layer 2 overlays and link aggregation. There will only be two devices to manage, as well, which (probably) means less chance for having more than one version of code, one set of CLI commands to master. In fact, there is likely a vendor based solution at this scale that can be reduced to a “GUI and a wizard”—a simple to automate, vendor driven architecture that will reduce costs by removing the need for engineers, which can be replaced with a few administrators and the occasional visit from a consultant or vendor representative. —Search Networking Related Posted in ON THE NET ← Do We Really Need a New BGP?On the ‘net: BGP Peering at the Network Collective →
