Now that the price list appears to be updated on CCX and netformx, it seems the 4500X is a pretty good choice. I didn't have the same experience with steep pricing on the ent version, at least not when compared to the LAN base -> IP base -> Ent upgrade pricing for the 4500E.
-ryan -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Kell Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8:10 PM To: Andrew Miehs Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 3750x Alternatives If you seriously have 10G on the roadmap, 4500X looks sweet, you can get it in a 16-port version, SFP / SFP+ you upgrade as you are ready. A pair of them in a VSS deployment is going to be pretty steep however, especially if you need smart layer-3 (Enterprise). Otherwise perhaps a 4507E+R with a pair of Sup7Es, you can pre-load redundant power, Supervisors, and blades to fit the need now; if the VSS pans out you just need another chassis (and whatever else you may want "redundantly redundant"). Or go with 3750E/X if their mac address tables meet your needs. You get two 10G ports per switch, you can always uplink to a dumber/cheaper L2 10G switch. Jeff On 11/19/2012 8:00 PM, Andrew Miehs wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:34 AM, CiscoNSP_list CiscoNSP_list < > cisconsp_l...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> 2 x 4500-e with Sup7e + WS-X4748-RJ45-E + WS-X4612-SFP-E ? >> Or 2 x 4500x with similar ports as 4500-e Or 2 x Nexus 5548 >> >> Is there a big price difference between these? >> > Contact your Cisco reseller. He may be able to provide you with a > global price list so that you can see the relative price of all the > items. You will want some form of support on these boxes as well as > you NEED to be able to download updates. > > Otherwise you will have me here all day working out Cisco prices :) > > Based on my gut feeling - I would think that the best solution for you > would probably be a c4506 with a Sup7E. You could get your redundancy > by using spanning tree rather than port channels until VSS becomes > available. The 4500s are also quite a good layer 3 switch so you ever > require layer 3 functionality. (Extra licenses however). > > NOTE: I can of course not guarantee that Cisco will bring out VSS for > the 4500s or that it won't be an extra cost on the Sup7E - I can only > state what I have read. > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/