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Hey Andrew! At least from Cisco I see more and mo...

2010-01-12T20:02:32.481-05:00

Hey Andrew! At least from Cisco I see more and more things going SFP+ to a TOR (top of rack) switch. The SFP+ are a lot cheaper because everything is copper. We have had many customers go with Cisco based solutions based largely on SFP+ cables costs. You are correct, they sure add up quick!

The note about buying the SFP's from Cisco rem...

2010-01-12T16:22:32.448-05:00

The note about buying the SFP's from Cisco reminds me of a comment Botkin made....if I recall correctly, with 8 GB FC or higher all SFP's will have to be from the manufacturer....completely lockin basically (and higher costs....while SFP's are cheap, it does add up).

David - Thank you for comment, I hadn't though...

2010-01-12T10:43:35.830-05:00

David - Thank you for comment, I hadn't thought of that. Thank you!

I was thinking along the lines of a net new installation and it seems everything I do these days is VMware based but what if the customer wanted a blade that wasn't 10G and maybe just wanted an extra NIC or two in the same chassis?

I take it back, I really like that!

Aaron, that's a good summary of the switch. I&...

2010-01-12T09:12:17.313-05:00

Aaron, that's a good summary of the switch. I'd say the support of the 2/4 Port 1Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Cards is useful for customers that either have that card already installed in some of their servers or want a cheaper option for some of the servers in their BladeCenter chassis. David.