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

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,
> The only problem with the 4948 is it's price point with 10G it's  
> 15K!!!!.     The 3750E's are much more reasonable you can mount the  
> switch and RPS in 1U if you use the front and back rails

this is a good point.  the 3750E also gives you the dual-SFP adapter
option which can then be converted to a 10G when you need it - only
the 4500M (iirc) would give you that option.   on the other hand,
the 4548 and 4500M have dual PSUs so you dont need to mess with RPS
devices. 

 the 3750E also has the 64Gigastack interface and 'extra' interface for 
management 'out of band' access , which along with upgradability to
10G puts it way out ahead of usual offerings from either the big C
or from foundry or extreme.

alan