Comments inline... --- Chuck's Long Road wrote: > ""Lupi, Guy"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I would think about going with a 6509, the 5500 > series has been eol'd, but > > the last support dates are a while away yet. > > > > CL: Lorda mercy!!! you sound like almost all of the > Cisco sales guys I > know!!!! ;-> Mention the word "core" and the only > thing they can say is > "6509". Let's see - one slot for the sup, one for > the 16 port gig blade, > one for the 48 port ethernet blade - the rest of the > slots for baking pizzas > :-> > > CL: 12 copper gig ports and 48x10/100 ports fits > nicely into a 4006, which > conveniently now sells with an L3 blade.. Use the > 10/100/1000 blade, or use > the copper gig GBICs, depending on other > consideration.
But the 4006 is a wiring closet switch. I recently ran into a company trying to use a 4006 w/sup2 with 12 GBIC ports attached to servers w/gigabit NICs and their performance and throughput suffered. (Ie: In-lost errors, rx-errors, and txmt-errors which all point to excessive traffic and full buffers). I've only seen this w/sup2s however so maybe sup3 or sup4 would help. I've seen other companys also have problems when using 4006 as a core/data-center device with a good amount of servers attached. > CL: OR... I gotta keep brining this up - depending > on the applications and > traffic flows, a 3550-12G and a cou-ple of 3550-48's > might just do the > trick. The 12G is L3 out of the box. Agreed, or some other vendors box that isn't as pricy as the 6500 series (Extreme, Foundry). > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stuart Pittwood > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Confused about Catalyst part numbers > [7:54437] > > > > > > I am looking into buying a Catalyst 5509 for the > core of our network, I > > am however confused by the part numbers I will > need. > > > > I need about 12 + Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) ports, > 48 10/100BaseT ports, > > a GBIC uplink to some 2950G-EIs we have, and an > RSM to provide intervlan > > routing. > > > > Can anyone advise of of the part numbers I would > need to get the > > required ports? > > > > Am I correct in thinking the the Supervisor Engine > III would provide the > > layer 3 functions? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Stu __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54448&t=54437 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
