If you go with the 4000 the supIII is going to give you much more performance, forwarding 48Mpps as opposed to 18 with the supI and II and if you ever decide you want layer 3 it's ready.
I definately wouldn't invest in gig interfaces on a 5500. Dave Michael Williams wrote: > > We are going to setup some closets in hospitals for radiology to transfer > large images across. They want gig to the desktop.... If we have 20-30 > computers/printers connected with Cat5E gig to a 4000 will that be too > much? I'm thinking it won't overwhelm the backplane unless all devices are > cranking gig at once (which I've yet to hear of a PC or printer that can > actually handle Gig .....) > > What would be the best recommendation for Sups? Sup1, 2 or 3? We don't > need L3 at that level as each 4000 would uplink (via Gig) to a 6500 for > L3..... > > We could do 6506 in the closet for the Cat5 gig modules are expensive and > only have 16 ports per blade where the 4000 modules have 48 ports of > 10/100/1000 for the Cat5 and are cheaper.... > > Thanks for any input.... > > Mike W. -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48498&t=48467 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
