[c-nsp] Catalyst 3850 10G version experiences

Tassos Chatzithomaoglou achatz at forthnet.gr
Thu Mar 10 05:23:58 EST 2016


We have been using some WS-C3850-12XS as L2 aggregation (03.07.02E, no
fancy features) for a few months without any apparent issues.
Of course stacking is out of question in our network.

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Tassos

Nick Cutting wrote on 10/3/2016 12:04 μμ:
> I am also very interested in these switches - Any feedback is monstrously welcome
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Antoine Monnier
> Sent: 10 March 2016 09:08
> To: Robert Hass
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Catalyst 3850 10G version experiences
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> did you receive any feedback?
> We are planning to deploy our first pair of 3850-XS unit in a few months.
> Those are only supported from IOS-XE 3.7 train. Let's hope software quality is ok...
>
> Cheers
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I'm building mid-large campus network with 3000 access ports.
>>
>> Is it good idea to use stack of two 3850-XS units as core/aggregation 
>> layer ? I'm planning to use 2 or 4 Catalyst 3850-24SX in stack.
>>
>> They're quite fresh products - released Mid 2015. So their maturity is 
>> questionable...
>> Maybe I shoud choose something proven in field like Catalyst 4500-X.
>> Also I'm afraid about small buffers on 3850XS.
>>
>> Rob
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