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

[Tony Varriale]

On 5/19/2012 6:47 AM, Lee wrote:
> On 5/19/12, Saku Ytti<saku at ytti.fi>  wrote:
>> On (2012-05-18 14:55 -0400), David Coulson wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have any solid experience with 3750X switches, or
>>> stacking in a datacenter in general? I've seen plenty of stacks for
>> We've had quite many 3750 stacks, and we do see more problems in them than
>> in other 3750 stacks.
>> Particularly dangerous events are adding or removing members from stack.
>>
>> Also we've seen software defects which only affect stacks, like memory
>> leakage on SNMP polling.
>>
>> Generally, do not add software complexity to the network if you have any
>> practical alternative. STP while PITA, is tried and true and it actually
>> does work in CSCO when configured right. So unless you absolutely need the
>> extra interconnect capacity, go with STP.
> How about VSS?  We're considering it mainly because it would eliminate STP
VSS doesn't eliminate STP.  Neither does vPC.  So, you may want to 
reconsider.

tv