+1 Both our old 3500-series Cisco and our current 3750 series are, unless you know the CIOS CLI stuff thoroughly, are a pain to manage.
Support renewal is expensive (SmartNet - smart for Cisco, I guess...) I would seriously consider staying with HP (which was not my choice to make a couple of years back...) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "Raper, Jonathan - Eagle" <jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote on 09/14/2010 01:20:16 PM: > We?ve used the Catalyst family since the 3500 series (3512 & 3524) > back in 2001. We?ve used the 3550, 2950, 3560 & 3750/3750G. In the > last year, we?ve replaced everything with all PoE, 3560-48, 3750-24,& 3750-48. > > I like them, personally, but they are expensive and don?t have a > lifetime warranty like the HP line ? SmartNET is not inexpensive, > either. I have used ProCurve (2424M & 4000M). I?ve also worked with > 3Com & D-Link, but can?t remember the specifics on either ? for D- > Link, it was their ?high-end? gear, if D-Link has such? > > What do you need in a managed switch, aside from being able to look > at port statistics? Do you have vlan and qos needs? Is VoIP in your > environment (or in your future? ? if so, whose VoIP product do you > use or think will you use?) > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > jra...@eaglemds.com > www.eaglemds.com > > From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Switch opinions > > Hi guys, > > I'm looking at replacing my HP ProCurve switch and am looking at a > Cisco Catalyst 2960S-48TS-S 48 port managed switch. Anyone have any > experience with this switch or this family of switches? Obviously > Cisco is a pretty good name, but it's been a while since I've bought > anything of theirs. > > Thanks! :) > > Evan > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is > CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons > to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. > This electronic message may contain information that is confidential > and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the > individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If > you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the > sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do > not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose > its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that > it contains. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
