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More ICXs being installed. Im hearing from a lot of you IT guys out there talk more and more about Brocade. I really think that in the next few years, Brocade will be just as reputable as Cisco.
Brocade makes good stuff for their pricepoint, but the way they do some things is.... odd.
Like the 6450, to get gigabit on the 1/2/x ports. You have to make them speed-duplex 1000-full-master to get them out of an 'err-disable' state. 1000-full-slave does not seem to be an option. So what happens when you connect two 6450s together with both being master? Apparently, it works just fine which seems counter-intuitive, but there you go.
Another oddity, to me at least, is the ICX6610. It's an FCX, what marketing guy decided to make it an ICX? It's stack ports are 1/2/x and on the back just like FCX switches and it even uses FCX software.
Brocade makes good stuff for their pricepoint, but the way they do some things is.... odd.
ReplyDeleteLike the 6450, to get gigabit on the 1/2/x ports. You have to make them speed-duplex 1000-full-master to get them out of an 'err-disable' state. 1000-full-slave does not seem to be an option. So what happens when you connect two 6450s together with both being master? Apparently, it works just fine which seems counter-intuitive, but there you go.
Another oddity, to me at least, is the ICX6610. It's an FCX, what marketing guy decided to make it an ICX? It's stack ports are 1/2/x and on the back just like FCX switches and it even uses FCX software.
Still though, they're a good value overall.