[c-nsp] Nexus 2000 vs Catalyst 4948 for access layer

[James Slepicka]

 >>- does not support 10/100, only 1000
sigh... I just got bit by this one again trying to install a 
vendor-provided server with 10/100 interfaces only.

Nick Hilliard wrote:
> On 28/01/2010 20:54, Livio Zanol Puppim wrote:
>   
>> Can anyone please tell me the advantages of using Nexus 2000 over Catalyst
>> 4948 as access layers switches?
>> Using Nexus 2000, I have to use at least 2 ports at my Nexus 5000, that
>> could be used by servers with 10GbE/FCoE servers.
>>     
>
> the current generation of n2k:
>
> - does not support 10/100, only 1000
> - has serious etherchannel limitations
> - no netflow
> - no rspan / erspan
>
> It's an interesting switch which should improve lots in the next generation
> of hardware.  But right now, it is very specifically aimed at a particular
> niche.  For that niche, it will perform very well indeed, but it's not
> really a general purpose access switch.
>
> wrt NX-OS vs. IOS, they are two different systems.  NX-OS is very young in
> its development cycle; IOS is much more mature and has many more features.
>
> Nick
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