[c-nsp] Alternatives to 3750 w/ Stackwise?

[Keegan Holley]

The 3750X being the obvious choice, the only alternative I can think is the
juniper EX4200 series.  The junipers perform slightly better if you're
willing to go multivendor, but I think the cisco beats it in price.

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Christopher J. Wargaski
<wargo1 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey John--
>
>   The new 3560X does not offer StackWise; too bad, that would an
> excellent offering. The 2960 model does, but that really doesn't have
> the horsepower that the 3560 does. One thing you might want to
> consider is two 3560X switches, the 10G network module, four copper
> SFPs and two copper cables so that you can make a 20 Gbps link between
> the two.
>
>   Certainly that comes nowhere close to the 64Gpbs StackWise link,
> but is may be less expensive.
>
> cjw
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:35:20 +1100
> > From: John Elliot <johnelliot67 at hotmail.com>
> > To: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> > Subject: [c-nsp] Alternatives to 3750 w/ Stackwise?
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have an existing POP with 7200(G2) and a 3560 - The POP is growing a
> lot quicker than anticipated, and we have had to add another 3560 to
> accommodate new client eth connections...the 2nd 3560 is connected via
> PortChan to the 1st 3560(Not ideal).
> >
> > Before the POP becomes unmanageable, we are looking at replacing the 1st
> 3560 with 2 x 3750's(Or another switch available that offers stackwise, but
> can accommodate a growing number of vlans(We currently have ~250-300 in
> use)), and then use the 3560's for access layer to clients(With the 3560's
> having dual(PortChan) connectivity  to each 3750.
> >
> > 2 Questions:
> > - Are there any alternatives to the 3750 that we should be looking
> at?(Given budget restraints, and also space(RU) limitations)
> > - We have a redundant 7200 onsite, that we manually "copy" the config to
> on each change...Is there a better(read "automatic") way to do this?(Not
> HSRP/GLBP as the 7200 has upstream connectivity via ATM and only single
> connectivity is available)
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> >
>
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