Due to the costs involved in getting a new supervisor card for our Cisco 6504E so it can support 40Gb interfaces and the fact it's pretty much EOL, we are looking at replacing our Cisco 6504E's.
At the moment they are just core routers (BGP Free core). So they are simply running OSPF, handling LDP (MPLS-L3) and that's it.
They are just pushing packets/labels.
As such the replacements will be doing the same thing. As long as they can handle MPLS/LDP, OSPF then it should be fine.
I've been looking at the C9500-48Y4C as these have 4 x 40Gb/100Gb ports as well as the oppurtunity to add an expansion at a later date if needed.
I've used the Cisco compare/product feature and it seems to have everything we need. What's throwing me however is the cost. It's much cheaper than even the Supervisor card would have probably been for the 6504E.
I know Cisco are pushing this product line and it's probably not marketed towards what we are going to be using them for but they do tick the boxes we need.
Has anyone used these switches? Any issues or bugs I should be aware of, or any reason I'm crazy for looking at doing this?
thanks
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