Foundry vs HP Procurve

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We are going to be upgrading our network and I'mm looking for feedback
on the Foundry and HP Procurve lines, specifically:

1) 5300XL Chassis Layer 3 Gbit NON-Blocking switch. (128 ports copper
gbit, and 16Ports Copper or Fiber Gbit)

2) 3400cl Stackable Layer 3 Gbit NON-Blocking copper (with fiber
uplinks if required). 48 ports Gbit Copper and 2 Fiber)

3) 2800 Stackable managed Layer 2 Gbit 48ports copper with fiber uplink
ports as well

4) Foundry FastIron SuperX

5) Foundry EdgeIron 48GS


I have some experience with Foundry but none with the HP gear. Please
let me know how good the Procurve Net manager software that comes with
the switches is, and if it's worth buying the Procurve Net manager Plus
software.

Personally, I'm leaning towards the Foundry gear right now. Price
might be a big factor though.

Tols

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tols wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> We should be getting a switch with the ProCurve Manager Plus so I
> should be able to get a good feel for it. Have you had any experience
> with ProCurve and 10GE? From what I could find on the internet, it
> sounds like Foundry is leading development in 10GE Technology, but I
> couldn't find much in the way of Performance Evaluation results for
> either brand.
>
> We're looking at a 10GE backbone and 1GE to the workstations and
> servers (about 600 IP's total - currently it'a flat network, but we'll
> be adding some vlans shortly).
>

Some of the HP Procurve 10GE stuff *IS* Foundry 10GE.
The Procurve 9300 series for instance.

My Procurve 9304 seems to be a Foundry Fastiron 400 with modified
software. I've heard you can load the Foundry Fastiron software on it
and it will work just fine.

Everything in the software says HP, but the 8 port sx GIG
fiber/management modules has asics all over it that say Foundry, as does
my 16 port copper GIG module. I don't have the 10 Gig module or the
XENpacks for it, but I'd bet they are Foundry as well.