Seeking recommendation for core switch

[gboisvert]

Hi!

I'm seeking advice for core switches that could be bought for a fair price on ebay to serve as core switches. I saw EdgeCore AS7312 on ebay but i'm not sure it can run Sonic... Speed 10/40 is acceptable if 25/100 it too exepensive.

Features i need: Basic L2, ECMP/OSPF (and MLAG would be great)

 

[iGene]

Hi,

My friend at Edgecore said it’s better not to buy Edgecore switches on ebay unless you are sure that there’s a working OS with them
For AS7312, you can probably make SONiC work on it as it’s using a tomahawk chip. However, it’s not tested and no one can guarantee it will work.

I would suggest looking for 10/40g switches as 25/100g switches is too expensive now.
I’ve managed to found some 7060CX-32S 100g switches around 1400USD last year but they’re all gone now.

 

[Evan]

Although it was mentioned its not that cheap it’s not any different than iGene’s suggestion.
Cisco 9236c and it has sonic support (official I believe)
I still think some cheap ones should be around. After all they don’t support macsec and a lot of people will upgrade to 9336-fx2’s to get macsec support.

 

[gboisvert]

Thanks guys for your suggestions, highly appreciated. This is the hard part with those SDN switches: Software stack / compatibility. Cumulus / PicOS / Etc are too expensive for most SMBs. Not only that, you have to take into account SFP+ / QSFP+ compatibility, which is another challenge when searching for a switch. I found BISDN Linux for our AS4610-54P which looks promising for access layer. BISDN Linux

 

[gboisvert]

BISDN Linux confirmed to work. It comes with baseboxd, a lightweight SDN controller that runs on the switch if you don't want to use external SDN controller. Has FRR for routing. Had to add a command that runs at every boot to enable PoE, using systemd.

Github: BISDN baseboxd

 

[thadrumr]

BISDN Linux confirmed to work. It comes with baseboxd, a lightweight SDN controller that runs on the switch if you don't want to use external SDN controller. Has FRR for routing. Had to add a command that runs at every boot to enable PoE, using systemd.

Github: BISDN baseboxd

I was able to get POE to persist with a Systemd service. Have you figured out how to create interface descriptions that will come through SNMP? Sorry to dredge up an old thread I just got an edge-core AS4610-54P.