I have 20+ Cisco 2611XM Multiservice Routers. Volume pricing available.
Greg Lesko, Enterprise Sales
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CISCO 2611XM Multiservice Routers Re-furbed. They’re moving Fast!
April 5th, 2007CISCO CATALYST WS-C2950-24 10/100 Re-furbed. They’re moving Fast!
April 5th, 2007Just closed a deal and ready to move Qty. 50 + Cisco WS-C2950-24 units. Volume pricing available.
Greg Lesko, Enterprise Sales
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SHDSL FAQ
April 5th, 2007http://www.dslforum.org/aboutdsl/shdsl_faq.html
Qty. 50+ Cisco WIC-1SHDSL 1-Port G.SHDSL WIC units. Volume pricing available.
Greg Lesko, Enterprise Sales
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Foundry 10GbE affordable, FESX424+2XG XFP
March 16th, 2007We have just received a large shipment of Foundry Gigabit copper switches, with Base Layer 3 support, AND….2 x 10Gbit fiber ports on them (aka 10GbE or just 10 gig)! These are fast wire-speed layer 2 switches, with base Layer 3 protocol support, and a nice selection of ports: 24 10/100/1000 copper, 4 x SFP gigabit, and 2 x 10GbE (XFP based). They support dual hot-swap power, AC or DC. We stock both, and we have stock of 10G-XFP-SR (multi-mode, 300 meters reach, 850nm) and 10G-XFP-LR (single mode, 10km reach, 1310 nm, aka LX)) XFPs too. Also offered is the upgrade key to put full layer 3 on them. Contact me for details on that, but you get all layer 3 protocol support (yes, BGP) that way, for an additional $825. We can also upgrade the DRAM, if you require more routes. The part number on these units is FESX424+2XG. More details: They support jumbo frames, so great for server clustering, and they support advanced multicast (http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/wp-enterprise-multicast-deployment-guide.pdf), among other things. They have a switching capacity of 88Gbps, and a forwarding rate of 65 mpps (million packets per second). For ALL the details on this amazing switch:
http://www.foundrynet.com/products/enterprise/adv-conv-edge/fi-edge-x.html
We are offerring these at prices which translate into 65% off of the current list price! And they are in like new condition, and fully covered by our 90-day warranty. For a switch of this caliber, with 2 x 10G, this is a breakthrough. (A cisco with similar specs would be at least 2 times as much I figure)
Contact me to discuss a specific configuration, or to get current prices or quantity discounts.
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
tel: 415-626-4231 x230
email brians@townsendassets.com
Foundry Jetcore to be discontinued: good news, if you buy used
March 15th, 2007Foundry Networks has “end-of-life” plans for most of their Jetcore-based modular routers and switches (recall this is their 4th generation product, announced in 2001. Examples are J-FxGMR, J-BxGMR4 management, and all the accompanying J-xxxxx cards and chassis). This is the word I got from a Foundry source recently, and it comes as good news, and bad news, depending. If you buy or sell used equipment, its good news.
The Jetcore-based product line is still very desirable and capable, and sells well on the secondary market. Being discontinued means more of it is likely to come onto the used market, and this is good news. It also means that buying used will be the only way to procure some of the Jetcore gear at some point. But as I said, its still very capable gear, with lots of demand. I would imagine that the Jetcore asic will still be updated and used extensively in lots of “stackable” switches. So what’s the bad news? Well, if you are heavily invested in Jetcore already and need new gear, you will either be forced into used gear
TAG Closes on Large Cisco Liquidation
March 15th, 2007Townsend Assets group recently closed a sizable Cisco liquidation in Europe. We currently have the following gear in stock and ready to ship anywhere on the globe.
CISCO2801
VIC-4FXS/DID
VIC2-4FXO
CISCO2801-SRST/K9
WS-C3560-48PS-S
CISCO2851-SRST/K9
CP-7905G
CP-7914
Call (866) IT-ASSET for a quote today! We have QTY of this equipment in NEW, Used and New Open Box condition.
Foundry BigIron MG8 router no longer just for the rich.
February 7th, 2007Well, as we all know the Foundry MG8 is a big league switch/router, normally reserved for operations with huge budgets and lots of traffic. This is no longer the case since it is, as of this writing, available used! That’s right, used. If you haven’t seen the light and are stuck on buying new only, you may navigate away from this page now. But for those of you who realize a used router makes all kinds of economic and practical sense, and is for all intents as good as a new router, read on…..
We just shipped two well-optioned used MG8’s to our customer (a service provider) in the Netherlands, who is very pleased with their performance and features. A state-of-the-art switch fabric, high performance backplane and supervisor engine, 10GbE port density, and redundancy were all critical decisions for this customer. They also needed to keep within a budget. Mission accomplished.
The items we have available at this time are:
BIMG8-AC
BIMG8-MR
BIMG8-SFM
BIMG8-10GX4-V6-A
BIMG8-1GX20-SFP-V6
BIMG8-1GX40-SFP-V6
Feel free to contact me if you would like to consider deploying the Foundry MG8, and we can option and price one for you. Below is a fluffy blurb from Foundry on the MG8.
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
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- Wire-speed 480-Mpps routing performance with distributed, non-blocking 1.28-Tbps switching architecture
- Extensive, scalable IPv4/IPv6 protocol support with up to 200 BGP peers and 2 million BGP routes, and hardware routing of IPv4 and IPv6 traffic
- sFlow Layer 2-4 traffic monitoring for Ethernet, IPv4 and IPv6
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- Each of the interface slots in the BigIron MG8 supports 40-Gbps of full duplex, non-blocking traffic forwarding. This allows for wire speed switching of 4 10-GbE or 40 1-GbE ports across the switching fabric, as well as locally on the module.
- The MG8 incorporates the industry’s highest performance, non-blocking, distributed switching architecture with a parallel cross-point switch fabric providing up to 640-Gigabits per second of switching throughput, and 480 million packets per second switching performance.
- Need more details? http://www.foundrynet.com/products/enterprise/agg-bb-l23/bi-mg8.html
TAG Announces Leasing Partner
January 30th, 2007Townsend Assets Group (TAG), a leading provider of pre-owned networking equipment is proud to announce a leasing partnership with Blue Street Capital, a private equipment-leasing firm based in Newport Beach, CA.
“Blue Street Capital has demonstrated to our customers that equipment leasing can be a hassle-free endeavor,” said Peter Gilberd, president of TAG. “We wanted to establish a track record with several firms before choosing an exclusive partner. At every turn Blue Street proved that we could count on them to grow our business one satisfied customer at a time,” noted Gilberd.
Philippe Violette, Principal at Blue Street Capital adds, “Townsend Assets Group is an ideal partner for Blue Street as it relates in product, personnel, and client base. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with this talented group of individuals.”
TAG estimates that 20 percent of their customers will look to lease equipment in 2007, a modest increase over 2006.
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Blue Street Capital (www.bluestreetcapital.com) is an independent leasing and financing company located in Newport Beach, CA. Blue Street offers financing solutions to businesses throughout the United States of all sizes (from SMB to Enterprise). Leases are funded internally or through partnerships with over 20 lending institutions, with programs available for all credit types—including those that require innovative options.
About TAG: Townsend Assets Group, a leading reseller of pre-owned data networking equipment. With more than 2,500 customers in 23 countries, TAG helps customers acquire, manage and remarket their technology. For more comprehensive information on the leasing options, or to fill out an application refer to our Lease Cisco page.
Foundry NetIron MLX routers hitting used market
January 26th, 2007Well, this is great news for Foundry lovers. Foundry NetIron MLX routers are just starting to hit the secondary (ok, used) market. This is their current generation equipment! A lot of folks are still running-on/buying IronCore series (Gen. 1,2,3), and the Jetcore gear still has lots of legs (Gen. 4) , no question. But if you have really serious needs, NetIron MLX is the way to go. Of course you need the budget too….
Some details about NetIron MLX straight from Foundry:
“Built with Foundry’s state-of-the-art, fifth-generation, network-processor-based architecture and Terabit-scale switch fabrics, the Foundry NetIron MLX Series routers offer network planners a rich set of high-performance IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, and Multi-VRF capabilities as well as advanced Layer 2 switching capabilities……
The NetIron MLX Series includes the 4-slot NetIron MLX-4, 8-slot NetIron MLX-8, 16-slot NetIron MLX-16, and the 32-slot NetIron MLX-32. The series offers industry-leading port capacity and density with up to 128 10-GbE / 640 1-GbE ports per system, and up to 256 10-GbE / 1,280 1-GbE ports in a standard 7-foot rack.”
As you may know, NetIron is at the top of the Foundry product tree. The generation 5 gear has all the latest capabilities (Support for hitless software upgrades and graceful Multicast, MPLS, ISIS, BGP and OSPF restart, IPV6, 10GbE, lowest in-class power consumption and heat dissipation, just to name a few), and a backplane (with 40-GbE ready half slots and 100-GbE ready full slots) and architecture that will be relevant well into the future. I’m excited to start offerring these units to customers in February, at significant savings over new. Call me if you have questions.
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
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Password recovery for Foundry EdgeIron series, EIF24G, EIF4802 etc.
January 26th, 2007Here’s a helpful, but not well published password recovery procedure for Foundry EdgeIron series Layer 2 switches. It differs from the process used on all their other models, probably because the EdgeIron is not of their own design (not sure who actually makes these for Foundry, no matter) This recovery procedure applies to models with part numbers starting in EIF, eg. EIF24G, EIF4802CF, EIF48G, EIF24GS, EIF48GS etc. So, if you have lost the password, and want to clear off the previous configuration and start anew, here it is:
1) establish a connection to the device on the console port
2) power the switch on, while holding down “ctrl-u” to access the system file menu (technically you can just hit “ctrl-u” in the one second time between powering on and it actually loading, but its hard to time it)
3) you have a few seconds to type the password for the file menu, it is… “mercury”; clear off the asteriks that may remain from holding “ctrl-u” down first.
4) select “D” to delete all user defined configurations
5) enter the file name of the file type that is “Config File” and confirm if asked to delete it
6) select “Q” to reload.
At this point it will boot normally, and the username and password for the unit will be at default, “admin” and “admin”. Its back to default now, have fun. I have no idea why Foundry barely documents this process. Even the users manual doesn’t tell you the password to enter the ROM menu (”mercury”), it sais to call tech support to get it.
I hope this helps some folks…..
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
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