RE: 10GBase-t switch

[Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks () strath ac uk>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Greg Whynott wrote:

> Brocade is the king of license gouging, it is no surprise they want 
> money to view a pdf.

To be fair, Foundry removed their manuals from public view a good few 
years ago, long before Brocade came on the scene.  It annoyed me too.

Jethro.

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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

> ________________________________________
> From: David Hubbard [dhubbard () dino hostasaurus com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:31 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: RE: 10GBase-t switch
>
> From: Malte von dem Hagen [mailto:mvh () hosteurope de]
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am 11.03.10 16:29 schrieb Dylan Ebner:
> > > Do the Arista switches support netflow?
> >
> > nothing about it in the datasheets, and regarding documentation:
> >
> > "A registered account and a valid support contract is required to 
> > access the Software Download and Documentation section of the 
> > website."
> >
> > Service fail.
>
> +1
>
> After Brocade started doing that with the Foundry
> docs, which hung me out to dry one night when I
> needed some docs I didn't have easy access to, I
> decided I will try to avoid buying from companies
> that require a support contract to read the manual.
>
> David