""cog"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > Bought all my own equipment for a CCNP/CCIE rack and I wan't to get others > imput on the actual topology of the rack. What has motivated your rack > topology? Does you rack Mimic the CCIE 1 Day lab Rack setup? What would you > change or add?
good question - for theoretical design as well as practical purposes. to me the limiting factor is the length of the serial cables. Mine are neighborhood 36 inches, so I need things stacked in such a way such that routers can connect to eachother as well as to the frame switch router. So I don't have a rack, but rather two stacks of equipment on the table to my right. The token ring and ethernet connections are not an issue, as 6 foot patch cables are plentiful. Once in a while I run into a problem with my corssover cables, depending on how I have things patched. One of the cables is only 3 foot, Actually, that is an issue only when doing IOS image upgrades. My PC is more than three feet away from the closest router. As things sit, the biggist issue is finger space. Sometimes I cant't reach in to plug or unplug, screw or unscrew cables of various kinds. In my own mind, emulating the CCIE rack specifically is of little value. I can dup the lab quite easily with the physical setup I have, even if I do have to use a couple of token ring ports to do it. Consider the difference between the logical and the physical. Just a matter of patch cables. I mentioned theoretical, because anyone whose ever seen any of the equipment rooms I was in charge of when I was a tech manager realizes that I have a very poor concept of space. HTH Chuck > > The only thing I am missing is the 3550. Which model is the preferred model > for the rack? I have read a link from Cisco recently of a unit that has > power capabilities it can supply to IP phones. Any reason why I cannot use > this unit? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Roy > jroyATaxcelerant.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=60476&t=60458 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
