We’ve got a pair of Nexus 7009s with dual sups in each running the core of a small DC. Each has 2 x 48 port 1/10G cards and still have a lot of room open across both switches. All of the compute is virtualized on UCS blades with an all flash storage SAN.
With a licensing renewal coming up its close to 50K just for SmartNet for these 2 switches. I was looking at reducing the footprint down to a 4 slot chassis or something smaller since the 7009s are overkill. I do want to maintain the ability to dual home everything and continue doing maintenance or upgrades in the middle of the day if necessary.
I starred looking at some of the newer Nexus 9Ks but was looking for some feedback if that’s the way to go or evaluate others such as Arista or others. Thanks for the feedback!
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