The idea behind irf is to create a logical device with one control and multiple data planes. Fabric stacking 2920,2930m,3800,3810m virtual fabric stacking vsf 2930f,5400r vsf is simular to irf on the comware switches. We are loking for a chassis solution arruba 5406 vs a stackable solution 3 our 4 hpe 5500 in irf. A technical look, otv, evi, vpls, mpls, comparision of hp evi with cisco otv and vpls, network enhancers, training enhancers, neten network enhancers delivering beyond boundaries. Cisco vss vs stacking clarification hewlett packard enterprise. Configuring cisco virtual switch system vss on cisco. Rethinking architecture with irf in search of tech. Hp cisco hp weaknesses cisco differentiators 2520 new 2530 to replace small business sf300 lack true high availability limited multicast limited scale and qos implementations limited diagnostics and troubleshooting hp energy sustainability efforts are limited to equipment power consumption and misleading.
This article provides configuration that will allow you to easily enable vss on these switches. Virtual switching system vss is a new and exciting technology on ciscos catalyst 6500 switches, allowing for the virtualization of 2 physically separate catalyst 6500s into a single logical entity for configuration, management, network design and packet forwarding. Find answers to cisco vss or vcp on gns3 or iou from the expert community at experts exchange. When hp acquired 3com in april 2010, hp renamed the technology to irf. Both catos and cisco ios software operating systems are deployed in critical networks. Both h3c branded and h3c branded switches can run the hp branded software, however, h3c branded software can only run on the h3c branded switches. Can i know what is the difference between stacking vs vss. If i was recommending new equipment for a client, when they see the price of cisco vs brocade or hp for the same equivalent product with same or better specs, they rarely ever choose cisco for anything. Catos, with the cisco ios software option for router daughter cards and modules, is supported in these switch series. Is it a single file as on a cisco vss or is there a configuration file kept per device. Also, what are the requirements for the infrastructure.
It built its dominance and influence on capturing a dominant market position in routers and switches, both in the enterprise and in service provider networks hp was a longtime partner of ciscos, reselling the. Hps intelligent redundant framework is just another system virtualization technology like. Configuring hp networking irf intelligent resilient framework irf. Ccie service provider mase network infrastructure 2011. Intelligent redundant framework irf stacking as usual.
The basic idea of this technology is to interconnect multiple. Hp intelligent resilient framework irf hp intelligent resilient framework irf is a technology that was originally developed by 3com and released in 2003 as xrn expandable resilient networking. For hp hpe networking gear, keep in mind theres two lines of switches, h3c comware and hpe procurve. Cisco 4500e 4500x serisi switchlerde virtual switching.
How to build an irfstack with hp switches 5xxx network guy. Physical hardware redundancy, high availability achieved by switch clustering, selfhealing, increased bandwidth 10 gb trunk. Last quarter, 62% of hps revenue came from pc sales, and 38% came from printers and imaging. Ideally suited for deployment at the server access layer of large enterprise data centers, the. Is the second cisco item on your cisco list supposed to be a 3750 instead of a 2750. Cisco catalyst 6880x vss issu upgrade steps valter popeskic configuration, equipment and tools no comments this is a short version without comments and explanations for those that need to get things done quickly without reading through my extensive waffle. Its core idea is to connect multiple network devices through physical irf ports and perform necessary configurations, and then these devices are virtualized into a distributed device.
Hp h3c irf vs cisco vss technology and other feature. Although you are asking about hp and cisco, i have a few more suggestions to add on. I prefer brocade first then cisco then hp if they were existing equipment i had to work on. If you know cisco s 3750 stackwise, thats how irf is. It is similar technology like cisco uses in 6500 series product named as vss virtual switching system or juniper qfabric. Both technologies vss and irf allow us to combine switches using. Cisco vss or vcp on gns3 or iou solutions experts exchange.
Vss was first available in cisco 6500 but it has recently been introduced to cisco 4500 and 4500x. With irf, you can virtualise all physical switches to one virtualswitch, so you have one managementip, one switching and. Is there any information around comparision between these two technologies. When i was listening to the intelligent redundant framework irf presentation from hp during the tech field day 2010 and read the hp h3c irf 2. Hp h3c irf vs cisco vss technology and other feature sets. Ipsec on snabb switch on software gone wild crossdatacenter l47. Hpe vsf vs cisco vss hewlett packard enterprise community.
This technology follows some of the same general concepts as ciscos vss and vpc technologies. Virtual connect integration with hp networking irf technology posted on february 21, 2012 by hongjunma if you are interested with how to design and configure hp networking intelligent resilient framework irf along with hp bladesystem virtual connect, this is the white paper i created that may be helpful. We have a routed access layer with multihomed l3 switches with l3 p2p links. A deep dive into hp intelligent resilient framework irf. Cisco vss vs stacking clarification yee had a question regarding the cisco virtual switching system vs standard switch stacking. We are wanting to implement vss for all of our data center vlans on our two core switches but i was curious as to how. Cisco vss vs stacking clarification hewlett packard. Im looking at working up a matrix of sorts to compare the various technologies features and performance points between hp and cisco for an enterprise core and data center.
The hpe 5900 switch series is a family of highdensity, ultralowlatency, topofrack tor switches that is part of the hewlett packard enterprise hpe flexnetwork architectures hpe flexfabric solution. Miercom tested model campus environments using the latest network architecture and wares from cisco and hpe. Virtual connect integration with hp networking irf. Perpetual learner, software developer, writer, and public speaker. Numerous mlag technologies, including ciscos vss and vpc, junipers xre200 and hps irf are. Irf intelligent resilient framework is an innovation from h3c. In a neat bit of synergy, the hp intelligent resilient framework irf. Cisco and hewlett packard enterprise switch virtualization. A chain topology is not recommended because any hardware or software failure in the stack causes lost ports, which increases the amount of time for recovery of. I know that the hp switches have had problems in the past when operating at full capacity and dropping frames. Intelligent resilient framework irf is a proprietary software virtualization technology developed by h3c. Cisco used to be a networking company, pure and simple. This tutorial is based on the hp 5920af24xg switch jg296a but it can be used also with 51xx55xx switches. In this mode, cisco ios software is the system software, and it replaces catos.
We compared these products and thousands more to help professionals like you find the perfect solution for your business. Im talking about reliability in failures of the switch, i know that chassis is an amazing solution but with a single backplane i cant fell that it is secure. Cisco invades the data center server market and former partners respond by acquiring rival networking companies. Intelligent resilient framework irf is an advanced technology that allows to aggregate 2 or more switches into a single switching and routing system also known as a virtual. Think of it in the same way that youve heard is possible via vss, which i explained in a previous blog post. Bonding the control planes of two or more switches in a highly complex software function that is vulnerable to bugs, poor coding, and design deficiencies. See how they compared on security, network automation and predictive troubleshooting. Vss configuration for cisco 4500 series switches the use. As part of a network infrastructure upgrade at a client site, ill be implementing cisco vss virtual switching system. Irfport 1 and irfport 2 are represented by a1 and a2 on chassis a, represented by b1 and b2 on chassis b, and so on. How is that different from ciscos vss or junipers xre200. Is intelligent resilient framework irf from hp networking equivalent to ciscos stacking or vss.
As far as i know there are no current l3 devices in ciscos linup with that model number. Howdy, so i have configured vss successfully on a pair of our 4500s and it seems to work great. Intelligent resilient framework irf is a network virtualization technology developed by hp originally by 3com and it is available on current models of hp ethernet. Aruba has two types of stacking on the switches above the 25302540. Hewlettpackard has acquired the h3c switchtechnology to build their new 5xxx series. Virtual switching system vss is a method to combine two physical switches into one logical switch to achieve physical redundancy, spanningtree blocking elimination, and increased bandwidth. Compared to the various options available stack wise, vss, vpc.
Cisco had fabric path not too long after, and then juniper released qfabricthe remaining 2 pieces. H3c recommends using 10ge fiber ports for high performance. I run my core on a pair of vss stacked cisco 4500 chassis switches. When i was listening to the intelligent redundant framework irf presentation from hp during the tech field day 2010 and read the hph3c irf 2. When hp purchased 3com in april 2010, hp renamed the technology to irf. Hps irf, ciscos vss, wellimplemented openflow controllers like big cloud fabric the switch cluster architectures cannot cope well with splits from the central brains. If you know ciscos 3750 stackwise, thats how irf is. Ciscos vss reloads the primary switch when it detects a split brain scenario. One other thing which im not a fan of is the comparison between irf and vpc. Compared to standalone mode, vss mode has the following important differences in its. This technology will go a long way to meet some of the stated objectives of this infrastructure upgrade which include. Hp recommends that you create a ring topology for maximum throughput and resiliency of the stack.
Vss configuration for cisco 4500 series switches cisco catalyst 3750x and 3560x stackpower configure poe in cisco 2960 cisco nexus 7000, nexus 5000 and 2000 faqs cisco catalyst lan lite switches cisco catalyst 4500x series in networks model. Cisco enterprise routers vs hpe enterprise routers. Cisco vpc, vss, and hp irf have a particularly bad reputation for weird bugs and operational problems, according to my experiences and emails i. Cisco 4500 4500x 6500 vss configuration it workbooks. Hewlett packard enterprise hpe in integrated systems. Hpe vsf vs cisco vss at a first glance, vsf and cisco vss looks to have some similarity. Also note that hp hpes lifetime warranty applies to most procurve gear, but not a lot of comware gear.
Irf is a software based solution to connect multiple switches together and create a logical switching devices. Cisco systems, inc both tech giants are in the midst of successful transitions, but which is the better longterm investment. Let it central station and our comparison database help you with your research. Choose business it software and services with confidence. When connecting two neighboring irf members, connect irfport 1 on one member to irfport 2 on the other.
Cisco public 2 vss and vpc no blocked ports, more usable bandwidth, loadsharing distribution or link failure. For example, if the switch 2 switches in an irf behave as if they were one switch on the left broke down, or was rebooted, the link to the switch on the right would go down. Software versions to form the vsl as well as determine which switch becomes active and hot standby from a control plane perspective lmp lmp. Cisco and hewlett packard enterprise switch virtualization technologies. The only difference here is that the protocol does not operate over the network media but. Well, recently i had the opportunity to install vss in a customers data center as part of a complete network migration from an old nortel switch network to a new cisco network using primarily catalyst 6509 switches with sup 720 10 g supervisors.
This virtualization technology realizes the cooperation, unified management, and nonstop maintenance. Irf does what ciscos vss did and turns 2 switches into 1 logical switch. Resilient virtual software reliability switching fabric irf hardware. Both vpc and vss are used basically to support multichassis etherchannel that means we can create a portchannel whose one end is device a,however, another end is physically connected to 2 different physical switches which logically appears to be one switch. The software to make this happen is supposed to be available in november of 2011. To avoid this, you use 2 switches which share a common interface, management, setup etc. Is the practice of implementing a layer 3 distribution to core applicable today in the hp world when its possible to have a highly redundant layer 2 to the core without stp, using irf. An intelligent resilient framework at a university. Intelligent resilient framework irf is a proprietary software virtualization technology.
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