[c-nsp] Core: 2x4948 or 1x4503

[Chris Evans]

I'd go with the dual 4948 solution vs a single box...
On May 4, 2011 8:54 AM, "Dan Letkeman" <danletkeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are looking at replacing our core switches (2x3560G). I'm looking
> at a few options, but the ones that interest me the most is the
> 4948E-E, and the 4503-E w/two 48 Port line cards and a SUP 6L-E. As
> far as bandwidth required, we have three esx hosts and two san's.
> About 40 vm's. We do have some fiber trunks to various different
> buildings so the 4948E's look like a better choice because they have
> the sfp slots built in.
>
> The main thing i'm looking at, is to setup redundancy to the esx hosts
> & san's. I've read alot about people using 3750G's in a stack, but I
> really wanted to get away from the 3750's and 3560's because of the
> output discards from micro bursts.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Dan.
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