Brings new meaning to the phrase knowledge dump. On Feb 1, 2008 11:20 AM, Martin Blackstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Then you should have no trouble gaining some of that knowledge while you > are there. > > > > *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 8:13 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Switch Purchase Question... > > > > > > Don stores it all a lil farther south than his head Tom. > > > > *From:* Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 9:51 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Switch Purchase Question... > > > > > > *Not everybody has a BIGHEAD like you Don to store all that information.* > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 10:43 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Switch Purchase Question... > > > GUI's are for the unskilled... > > On Feb 1, 2008 6:50 AM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've > used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed > great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT > department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in > all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock > solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different > enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh > run' you have to type "show running-config". However, the web mgmt > applet was easy-peasy to use. > > Shook > http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... > > I use HP nearly all the time now. > > While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large > implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be > expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default > configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP > box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw > it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the > network to "go dark". Took a few times to figure out what was > happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any > documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to > deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. > > A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, > semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. > They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally > feature-poor. There's an undocumented "feature" wherein if you use > ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to > factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with > low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. > properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly > crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's > bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. > > /kenw > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
