Nexus 9K, VDC or not?

[jericho]

Routing protocol resilience? Just in case one of them goes down haha

I suppose it's a possibility (process could hang unless there were recovery mechanisms built in to monitor that) - but would mean you would need 2 routing protocols to be implemented, network-wide

Hence me ignoring huge swathes of his design and sticking with OSPF, oddly enough we've never had any issues that I can see would have been solved by multiple routing protocols...

with GNS3 and VIRL and IOU - heck, perfectly serviceable second hand 1800s and 3750s for less than 100 USD - there is ZERO excuse for using work to lab R&S. none.

Agreed. It's a running joke in the ops team, but never acknowledged by anyone with authority to do something about it. My opinion is that it's an ego trip, he designs something complicated, we make it simple, he goes on about how we need to upskill so our ability to support matches his ability to design. To give him fair due, he is technically very good, he just seems to struggle to apply his undoubted knowledge appropriately.

Anyway, Nexus configs done, switches installed, lots of VPCs, couple of OSPF areas, no VDCs and either no one has noticed I've left those out, or no one cares. Seems to be working fine which is the main thing as far as I'm concerned.

Cheers

J

[NetworkGroover]

Anyway, Nexus configs done, switches installed, lots of VPCs, couple of OSPF areas, no VDCs and either no one has noticed I've left those out, or no one cares. Seems to be working fine which is the main thing as far as I'm concerned.

Cheers

J

Kudos - but don't get yourself in trouble, homie.

[jericho]

Kudos - but don't get yourself in trouble, homie.

No worries on that front, it's not the first time we've ignored stupid designs. As long as stuff works we tend to get left alone.

The server guys (who are effectively the customer) are happy with what has been deployed is the main thing.

The fact I have 6 days left on this site might be influencing my lack of concern...

Cheers

J

[deanwebb]

Short-timers' syndrome sure does cure a lot of problems.

[icecream-guy]

The fact I have 6 days left on this site might be influencing my lack of concern...

...prepare 3 envelopes......