I would put a redundent sup/MSFC in the chassis. It's never a good idea to
have users plugged into a core device. The only reason to do this is money
(the major driver these days)
Redundent core chassis is always the best. Consult the BCMSN book for this
design.
Tony M
#6172
----- Original Message -----
From: David Cooper
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: Disaster recovery input from pros needed :) [7:4841]
> Heya,
>
> I'm at a site right now where I we have a central Cat 6509 as core with a
> couple fiber blades and 4 more 10/100 rj45 blades (ACK). This switch does
> the core routing within the network. It also is the main switch for the
> servers at the site. The fiber blades go out to closets with stacks of
> 3524's. There is also another stack of 3524's right next to the Big kitty
> for workstations in the area. They have really good turnaround on the
> failure of the cat6509 but I still wonder what the downtime will cost them
> if the thing decides it would rather be a coffee maker. I have been
talking
> to the tie wearing folks about an interim backup solution.
>
> Im thinking in the interim of a disaster I can grab a 2620 or higher and
run
> the routing on a stick I hear on this group so often. I am not sure where
to
> place this router though. I can swap all the gig modles to the 3524's next
> to the cat. Then from there put a router on it and do the router on a
stick.
> I just don't know where exactly to put this in and how to design it. ( Im
> not versed in network design of this type and quite a few others too :)
Some
> ideas in this matter from the grand folks on the group would be
appreciated
> indeed. Im am very interested in learning this one. Also what to do about
> those 48 port modules on the Cat while it is sleeping too? Hehe. If I were
> here while this was being designed I would have yelled alot more about
this
> conglomerate core/distro/access thingy.
>
> Anyway if you need drawnings of the mess or any further info I can supply
> them quick like :)
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts!
> Thanks in advance.
> Dave Cooper
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