[ixpmanager] Recommended Devices for an IXP with Sflow Feature

[Pim van Pelt]

Hoi Ahmed,

You could take a look at a niche switch from fs.com (their S5860 series)
that has sflow and port security, both very useful for internet exchanges
https://www.fs.com/?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=S5860&searchSubmit=Search

hope that helps,

groet,
Pim

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 1:25 PM Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick at inex.ie> wrote:

> Ahmed Al-Saruri wrote on 18/08/2021 12:01:
> > Hello Team,
> >
> > Finding a good switch for the IXP is becoming a bit hard since some of
> > the devices like Nokia do not seem to be supporting sflow features.
> >
> > My question here is  what type of devices do you use other than Huawei
> > and Arista that supports sflow and is a good option for an IXP?
> >
> > Also if you have some device that does not support sflow, is there some
> > work around using other flow protocols to get ASN-to-ASN traffic graphs?
>
> Hi Ahmed,
>
> You can check out what other IXPs use here:
>
> https://ixpdb.euro-ix.net/en/ixpdb/switches/
>
> Note that some switch network operating systems "support sflow", but not
> very well.  E.g. they might not support enabling / disabling sflow on a
> per-interface basis, or might not provide the ability to select ingress
> vs egress sflow.
>
> Nick
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