Another thing to consider about the 2950's, which may or may not be important to you, is they do not support ISL.
-Ed At 06:47 PM 4/26/2002 -0400, Michael L. Williams wrote: >I don't think the 2900XLs are discontinuted, however, I know Cisco is >pushing the 2950 series is a "newer" alternative.... The 2950s feature Gig >uplinks and 2900s don't.... >Same with 3500s and 3550 (well the 3500's do have GBICs slots available, but >I mean the same as far as Cisco pushing them as a "newer" alternative)..... >Cisco seems to be favoring the 3550s..... I recall checking the backplane on >them and the 3550 was about twice that of the 2950 (10Gbps -vs- ~5Gbps)... >but if you get the 48 port model and run clients at 100Mbps, then even the >2950 backplane should do you right.... If memory serves, The two of the >2950s (48 port) maybe close or slightly above your $4k budget..... two >3550s (48 port) would be well over the $4k budget. Either way, if you want >to use the GBICs, you'll have to buy those, but if it's only those two >switches, you could either stack or trunk them over the Gig.... (I think you >could even use both gig ports on each switch and do a 2Gbps Etherchannel, >but don't quote me on that) > >Mike W. > >"Mayo, Simer" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Has Cisco discontinued the 2900 XL series switches? If so, what are other > > good alternatives for the 2900XL series? > > > > I have a client with a small network about 100 users. At present the > > internal network is @ 10MB/s and will be upgrading to 100MB/s. There are 2 > > file servers, 2 app servers and users do big CAD file transfers. The >budget > > for switches is around $4K. > > The plan is to move the users in 2 differ VLANs depending upong their > > departments and have a 80/20 rule for the traffic. > > > > Thanks > > > > Simer Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42710&t=42687 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
