[c-nsp] Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E, 5K/VSS/ ....

[chris stand]

I have 3750s, 3750X w/10G, 5010s, 5020s, 5548s, 5596 (soon), VSS & 2 *
7010s with dual sups
No problems with 3750
1 problem w 3750X
no problems with any 5Ks other than a power failure during a code upgrade
no problems with VSS
1 or 2 problems with 7Ks - currently waiting for ram upgrade to go to new code

I like the 7Ks, we are getting 2 more.
However if you have 6500s and just want some 10G port channels ... I'd
do the VSS especially perhaps if OTV is not on your horizon as the VSS
can do both L2 & L3 on the same links ... 7Ks can not ..... which is
kind of a real bummer.

The ability to reboot a 5K by itself, in fact you can upgrade hardware
this way, vs 3750x stack .... is a worthwhile positive point.
The ability to separate by distance ... say 100 feet if needed a 5K
from its peer ... another positive point.





>   7. Re: Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E (Alexander Lim)
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 10:48:21 +0800
> From: Alexander Lim <nsp.alexander.lim at gmail.com>
> To: Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi>
> Cc: "cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E
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> Wouw....scary.
> Any clue if Nexus is better than VSS?
>
> Regards,
> Alexander Lim
>
> On May 19, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
>
>> On (2012-05-19 07:47 -0400), Lee wrote:
>>
>>> How about VSS?  We're considering it mainly because it would eliminate STP
>>
>> There are already horror stories in c-nsp, where software defect has taken
>> whole VSS cluster down. STP is very unlikely to do that, as the code is lot
>> simpler and lot more mature.