[c-nsp] Few questions regarding fixed vs modular and when which is better.

[Ian MacKinnon]

Drew Weaver wrote:
>          What is the 'defacto' top of rack 10/100/1000 48 port access switch most folks are buying up these days from the big C?

Some thoughts.
I want 1u dual power. Why is that so hard to do? If all your customer 
servers have dual power from a and b feeds its not to much to ask that 
the top of rack switch does the same.
Cisco RPS is a waste of time. You want me to reboot the switch to return 
power to the a feed - no chance.

OK a 4948 is 1u, dual power, but how much?
If all I want is switching, layer 3 happens elsewhere, its overkill.

Yes layer 3 at the top of rack would be nice, but how do you cope with 
customers who want an arbitrary number of switch ports across any number 
of switches?

We use a lot of AT-8948 Allied Telesys, much better price point.
But they are only 100M, with 1G on 4 x SFP
So if you needs lots of gig connections, no use.

Just my 2p worth.





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