[c-nsp] bbq 2970

[Keegan Holley]

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >    Have you looked at the 2960S series? �I am doing some testing with
> them
> >    and I'm pleased with them as a middle step before the 3750. �They are
> >    built on the 2960 which is more reliable than the 2970 was and they
> are
> >    stackable as well, although 10G and not 64/128G like the 3750.
>
> for their purpose, 3750e are being used. we are using 2960s but at the
> access layer
> (slowly getting rid of 2950 and pre-S 2960 edge switches).  2960S is quite
> limited
> really - only 4 can be members of the stack, the stack is only 10G, the
> interfacing options are weaker and they dont have the suite of security
> features
> that the 3750E/3750X offer...hence why we're 3750e/X at the distribution.
> ...we are also quite eager for the latest IOS for the 2960S as they have
> plenty of
> issues that need ironing out  ;-)
>

It sounded like you had gone from 2970's all the way to 3750's.  The 2970's
are heavily over subscribed and not stackable.  The 2960s seemed like a good
replacement since it is stackable and I believe less oversubscribed than the
2970.  Can you elaborate on some of the bugs you've encountered with the
2960S?  All I've tested so far is vanilla layer-2 with etherchannel uplinks,
so I haven't found much.

>
> alan
>
>