[c-nsp] top of rack switch recommendations

[Stephen Cobb]

Hey Alex - It looks like you'd want the enhanced IOS if dealing at all with
IPv6...I just compared the two on Cisco's "accurate" software advisor and
IPv6 features only appear in IP Services:

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version
6)<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7020','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Data Link: VLANs using Cisco Inter-Switch Link
(ISL)<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7081','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Data Link: VLANs using IEEE 802.1Q
Encapsulation<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7080','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 MTU Path Discovery<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7082','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7077','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Routing: OSPF for IPv6
(OSPFv3)<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7030','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Routing: RIP for IPv6
(RIPng)<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7085','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Routing: Static
Routing<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7086','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Services: AAAA DNS Lookups over an IPv4
Transport<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7090','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Services: DNS Lookups over an IPv6
Transport<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7017','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Services: Extended Access Control
Lists<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7021','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Services: Standard Access Control
Lists<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7108','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6 Switching: CEF/dCEF
Support<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7091','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6: ICMPv6<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7067','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6: ICMPv6 Redirect<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7075','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
IPv6: Neighbor Discovery Duplicate Address
Detection<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7984','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
<javascript:openLargePopup('showdefinitions.do?mySession=7182409&myStep=5&featurechosen=7984','ShowFeatureDefinitions')>
So, WS-C3560G-48TS-E is your part number, although the WS-C3560G-48TS-S
would only require a software upgrade ;)

Feel free to contact me if I can help with anything...
sc

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Alex Krohn <alex at overdrawn.net> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:18:37 AM, Stephen Cobb wrote:
>
> > Hopefully all you need to know for the Ciscos that support IPv6 hw
> > forwarding:
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipv6/configuration/guide/ip6-roadmap.html#wp1060772
> >
> > 3560-E's forward at 128gbps and 3560/G's forward at 32gbps. 3560-E's
> > also have 10gig X2 uplinks, which you'll want. Assuming you're not
> > stacking anything and don't need the 3750-E version, here's what you
> > want to look into:
>
> Awesome, thanks! I was looking at WS-C3560G-48TS-S as it seems to be around
> $3.5k and the only difference between that and -E seems to be 10 gig
> support? It's a pretty big price savings (lots of switches here), so not
> sure if future proofing 10g support is worth the cost now.
>
> Do you know if I need the enhanced ios, or will standard cover it? I'm not
> doing any routing, just want things like source guard, acl's, qos (on both
> ipv4 and ipv6!).
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alex
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