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We're considering switching to Foundry BigIrons (probably the 4000, as opposed to Cisco 6500 series switches. We're currently using 7206VXRs). Anyone have opinions (on or off list) on this product? Looking through the archives, I don't notice any discussions of this since about 2001 [1]. (http://www.foundrynet.com/products/l3backbone/bigiron/BigIronx00Datasheet.html) I'm mostly interested in its BGP implementation, as the boxes would be handling our core routing via BGP. (I haven't noticed anyone complaining about BGP problems in the past year or so); also opinions on the CLI would be helpful (I'm told it's 95% identical to IOS's CLI). The CLI was another complaint in the thread cited below, so I'm curious if it has improved since 2001. I'd be interested in hearing about the comparable Riverstone boxes as well. [1] thread starting at http://www.merit.edu/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/2002-09/msg00050.html -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")
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