[c-nsp] Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E

[Mick O'Rourke]

> The 3750X is relatively new so I've only seen a few of them.  Stackwise in
> general is pretty solid.  I've never seen a whole stack fail.  If a member
> fails the stack just keeps going, if the master tails a new master is
> elected.


For the most part my experience is in-line with the above, yet when they do
fail they fail in a bad way and you can get some very strange results
across the entire stack - a good example has been with cross stack
etherchannel.

All said you don't have to stack them if your requirement is ultra mission
critical and if the tcam sdm templates fit your requirements then they're
not a bad layer2\3 switch IMHO. Vrf-lite support, dual hot swap power, hot
swap fans. A 4500\4900 without the tcam and minus some software feature
support. They'll likely do the job.

Mick