[c-nsp] Cisco model recommendation

[Jeremy Bresley]

On 6/17/2014 3:13 PM, David Paul Zimmerman wrote:
> Although Cisco puts this switch in the data center product line, the Catalyst 4948E is nice for campus edge QoS/QinQ needs.  It is 1RU, has 48 1000BASE-T ports and four 10GE SFP+, dual PS, and has silicon-parity with the Sup6 Catalyst 4500 line so has all the same QoS capabilities.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lee Starnes
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:02 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco model recommendation
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am in the need of a recommendation for a Cisco switch that is Layer 2/3,
> 1U, AC powered and has the same rate limit capability as the ME3400 series
> has and has 48 ports of 10/100/1000. Does anyone have any experience with a
> model that would best fit this need? These would not be deployed in remote
> sites as CPE devices like the ME switches. I just need the ability to do
> rate limiting and policing of traffic in several office departments.
>
> I was looking at the 3650 series, but not sure if this has the same ability
> to rate limit as the ME switches have.

The Cat 3650 likely won't have anywhere near the capabilities of the 
ME3400 for shaping/policing.  Is there a reason you aren't considering 
the ME3600X as a replacement for the ME3400?  The majority of the 
Catalyst desktop switches (29XX/35XX/36XX/38XX) do not do rate-limiting 
and are limited to DSCP/CoS based QoS features.

The ME3600X is available with 24 10/100/1000 ports and 2 SFP+ or 24 SFP 
ports and the 2 SFP+'s.  The ME3600X's are a service provider switch and 
support MPLS as well as all the other features like policing/shaping, 
routing protocols, QinQ, VPLS, etc.

As the other suggestion said, if you want to look at a 4500-series box, 
I'd suggest the 4500X rather than the 4948E, we've got a couple of both, 
and the 4500X is Sup7E based, 16-40 ports of SFP/SFP+ 1/10G rather than 
the 4948E's older Sup6E-based with 48 10/100/1000+ 4 SFP+ 10Gs.  
(Assuming here that you don't need the 10/100 connectivity requirements 
still, in which case the 4948E might be a viable option.)

Jeremy "TheBrez" Bresley
brez at brezworks.com