Jeff,
Take a look at the 2948G-L3 and 4908G-L3 switches - both should be lower
cost options that should easily keep up with your demands. Unless you have
a need for AppleTalk, both of these switches would be better than attempting
to go the 5000 route - more costly, less ports gained, etc.
Some ideas how this might work - you could use the first/last (ie. unused)
Gig ports in the 3548 stack to connect to the Gig ports on the 2948G-L3 and
use the other 48 ports for more hosts. Or you could create 1 port-channel
(2 Gig ports each) per 3548 to the 4908G-L3 (which allows you to add another
3548 in the future besides the three already present). Depending on what
oversubscription you can manage on the Gig uplinks, you could run 4 3548
stacks redundantly to the 4908G-L3 (which should be plenty for growth).
If you have to deal with extra protocols besides IP/IPX, then the RSM or
better yet, RSFC/MSFCs should come into play with the bigger switches. Even
then, most of these still do process switching for various protocols like
AppleTalk, so you might be better off trying a 2650 (souped-up 2600 router)
instead.
Regards,
Adrian
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> By next year our office will have over 50 people. This does not include
> people who will be in our building and working for other companies. That
> number will be around 15 and it will grow. Basically, our building hosts
our
> company and various other companies and I am part of a two-man IT staff
that
> runs everything for all companies. Currently, we are using three 3548 XL
> switches and a 2620 for interVLAN routing.
>
> In this scenario, would it be feasible (and cost-effective) for me to roll
> out a 5000 (or a 5505) with a GBIC module and an RSM to take the load off
> the 2620 (which also does routing for our Frame Relay network)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
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