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On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Doug McIntyre <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 08:21:54AM -0500, Mike Horwath wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 08:06:45AM -0500, Jason Hanke wrote: > > > There aren't enough ports on the 4550 to swap it in we would need > > > two. We are due for a fabric upgrade. > > Correct, while one could be brought in with additional cards in both, > that would barely cover us with zero future growth without adding > in a 2nd one. The U of MN expressed interest in a 40Gbps connection, > and doing just one switch would knock that out of contention, (or > we keep the EX4500 and run it knowing that it is EOL, and software will > probably stop being available within 14 months). > Don't worry about a 40G for us I'm looking past that now to 100G. I think the priority is to stabilize what we have and add a 100G/50G/40G/25G capability soon next two or three months. Thanks. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[log in to unmask] Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================