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It would be good to have a second switch for redundancy also. Mike Bushard Jr | Network Engineer IV | Arvig | 320.256.0178 direct | 320.429.0837 Mobile Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID RAZR by Motorola Please excuse short responses and spelling errors. On Jul 20, 2012 4:52 PM, "Jay Hanke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As you may be aware, a waiting list is starting to form for 10G ports on > the main switch. The Juniper switches in the core are on long term demo and > will need to be returned to the pool at some point. In addition, there are > members that are looking for 10G LAG connections to the main switch. > > I talked to Juniper and they will allow us to swap our existing stack of > EX4200's for a steeply discounted EX4500. > > http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/ex-series/ex4500/ > > The new switch would give us 40 1G/10G ports and the ability to add > additional shelves in the future with 128 Gb/s VC uplinks. If there was > sufficient interest and support I believe we could deploy a set out of the > gate to provide redundancy. The plan would be to move anyone with a > FastEthernet connection to one of the remote switches. > > After the trade in, the cost to MICE would be $4485 + $1158 (Next Day > Support) + any sales taxes (if any). > > MICE would own the switch. None of the current switches are owned by MICE > and their use is at the whim of their respective owners. This would prevent > any of the members from taking their ball and going home. > > We already have a pledge of $3000 for the upgrade from an existing MICE > member. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1