[c-nsp] Cisco model recommendation

[Bill Woodcock]

We like the 4500X and the Nexus 3548. 

    
                -Bill


> On Jun 17, 2014, at 15:59, "Jeremy Bresley" <brez at brezworks.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
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