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gsgranados at comcast

Nov 18, 2009, 11:40 AM

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need a suggestion for a good lab switch

Hi all,
I have a lab that uses a Foundry 4802 for routing / switching. This
item is ready to end its lease and I need to replace it with something more
current. I'm looking for 48 ports of preferably 10/100/1000 ethernet, layer
3 routing capability (mostly static routing) and spanning tree support.
Good multicast support would be a requirement as well. Which Cisco products
would folks suggest would fit the bill? Any pointers would be appreciated.
Also, in parallel with this and to save list traffic is there a good general
product card type page that shows the various Cisco products, a brief
explaination of their configurations / options and model number? Is there a
central spot with all that in one place? I appreciate the pointers.

Thanks
Scott



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NMaio at guesswho

Nov 18, 2009, 11:53 AM

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Re: need a suggestion for a good lab switch [In reply to]

Scott,
The Cisco Catalyst Switch Guide might be what you are looking for.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/switches/ps5718/ps708/networking_solutions_products_genericcontent0900aecd805f0955.pdf

Note: there is also a Router Guide.
Nick


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Subject: [c-nsp] need a suggestion for a good lab switch

Hi all,
I have a lab that uses a Foundry 4802 for routing / switching. This
item is ready to end its lease and I need to replace it with something more
current. I'm looking for 48 ports of preferably 10/100/1000 ethernet, layer
3 routing capability (mostly static routing) and spanning tree support.
Good multicast support would be a requirement as well. Which Cisco products
would folks suggest would fit the bill? Any pointers would be appreciated.
Also, in parallel with this and to save list traffic is there a good general
product card type page that shows the various Cisco products, a brief
explaination of their configurations / options and model number? Is there a
central spot with all that in one place? I appreciate the pointers.

Thanks
Scott



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peter at rathlev

Nov 18, 2009, 2:04 PM

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Re: need a suggestion for a good lab switch [In reply to]

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 11:40 -0800, Scott Granados wrote:
> I have a lab that uses a Foundry 4802 for routing / switching.
> This item is ready to end its lease and I need to replace it with
> something more current. I'm looking for 48 ports of preferably
> 10/100/1000 ethernet, layer 3 routing capability (mostly static
> routing) and spanning tree support. Good multicast support would be a
> requirement as well. Which Cisco products would folks suggest would
> fit the bill? Any pointers would be appreciated. Also, in parallel
> with this and to save list traffic is there a good general product
> card type page that shows the various Cisco products, a brief
> explaination of their configurations / options and model number? Is
> there a central spot with all that in one place? I appreciate the
> pointers.

The 3560 seems to fit this bill. AFAIK it's the smallest switch to
support L3 forwarding. We have used them extensively as OSPF access
routers with no problems.

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Peter


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