Cisco Nexus 3064

[palm101]

Great deals on these 10gb switches. I was searching on ebay. Like this. I was wondering what are the pit falls? Was thinking of getting a pair of these and setup as a VPC pair. Are they really old? Would I get L3 routing without a license? Can I run these unlicensed? Anyone with experience, please share.

 

[Evan]

If anything like other nexus switches especially of that vintage then loud loud loud !

Don't know that model but on others the base license always supports L3 functions. (I assume all NX OS does a minimum but I could be way off the mark here, I only remember seeing enterprise license for nixes but I only ever deal with 5k,7k,9k)

 

[JustinH]

I have a Nexus 5010. Loud, hot and power hungry but does the job nicely. L3 only.
They are starting to come down in price as well.
Cisco Nexus N5K-C5010P-BF 10GB 5010 Series Network Switch w/ 2x PSU 2x FAN
If power/cooling is not a issue I'd recommend it.
The later models (N5K) can also do routing if you snag the right license.


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[mstrzyze]

I can check one in lab later ( but I don't run3k at home..others only 2/5/7/9k...)


so..
trident+ chipset

there is no info about license, but there is some license on flash ( on the ebay listing )

typical ac power/max @ psu level143W 199W

are they loud..it depend you will hear anything in quiet room...

still supported ( new software is from 10 March , release notes: Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 7.0(3)I4(6) )

what else:
•VLAN - 4096 max
•STP – RSTP / MSTP
•MAC Addresses – 128 K
•Etherchannels – 64
•ACL – 2K Ingress / 1K Egress
•Routes – 16 K Prefixes, 16K host entries, 8K Mcast routes, Routing Protocols – BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2 (w/ ECMP
•vPC
•Layer 2 Multi Path
•EthAnalyzer
•EEM
•Python Scripting
•XML Management Tools
•DCNM
•SPAN
•CoPP

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base license

Basic L3 features
Inter-VLAN routing, Static routes, RIPv2, ACLs, OSPFv2 (limited to 256 routes), EIGRP stub, HSRP, VRRP and uRPF

IP Multicast
PIM SM, SSM, MSDP

Lan enterprise:

Advanced IP Routing

OSPFv2, EIGRP, BGP and VRF-Lite

 

[Evan]

I always thought the 5548 was way loader than anything else... certainly louder than 5672's, 9372's, 93180/93108's.... that was until we fired up some firepower ASA 4120's !! Those things are horribly loud :-/

 

[3I7]

Great deals on these 10gb switches. I was searching on ebay. Like this. I was wondering what are the pit falls? Was thinking of getting a pair of these and setup as a VPC pair. Are they really old? Would I get L3 routing without a license? Can I run these unlicensed? Anyone with experience, please share.

No with the Nexus series switched you would need to have a license for L3 configs. I use the Nexus c3048 I picked it up with all the licenses needed for $400 off ebay including $150 for overnight shipping. The network capacity is 40G (4x10G SFP) works pretty well for med/high volume transit just need to search for one and a good deal. Its a really clean, durable and hefty switch might be a tad bit old but it should get the job done like I said with medium/high volume network traffic.

 

[palm101]

Hi 3I7

Thank you for your post.

As I understand it. The 3048 base license which come with the switch doesn't support L3 features. So you had to at least add N3K‑C3048‑BAS1K9 to enable L3 features.


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[3I7]

Hi 3I7

Thank you for your post.

As I understand it. The 3048 base license which come with the switch doesn't support L3 features. So you had to at least add N3K‑C3048‑BAS1K9 to enable L3 features.


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Yep correct.