RE: Switch with 10 Gig and GRE support in hardware.

["George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>]

> From: Jeff Hartley 
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:06 PM
> To: Matt Newsom; NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Switch with 10 Gig and GRE support in hardware.
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM, George Bonser <gbonser () seven com>
> wrote:
> > > On 2/18/11 6:30 AM, "Matt Newsom" <matt.newsom () rackspace com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >                I am looking for a switch with a minimum of 12  X
> > 10GE
> > > > ports on it, that can has routing protocol support and can do GRE
> in
> > > > hardware. Does anyone have a suggestion that might fit. Keep in
> mind
> > I
> > > am
> > > > looking for something in the 1-2U range and not a chassis.
> >
> > Hard to tell from the data sheet:
> >
> > http://www.xbridgeservices.com/images/files/7450_ess.pdf
> >
> > But it looks like the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS-1 might do it.  Not
> sure
> > if it has 4, 8, or 12 10G ports, though.  The data sheet is confusing
> to
> > me and it would be oversubscribed but that might be OK in your
> > applications.
>
>
> Brocade TurboIron 24X fits all of those criteria.
>
> -Jeff

Last time I checked, the TI24x wouldn't do GRE.