Why not contact HP support? Seems like a configuration issue. And if the consultant doesn't know what to look for, the behavior will likely crop up when you put a (more expensive) managed switch from Cisco in there.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Evan Brastow <ebras...@automatedemblem.com>wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > Thanks to everyone for their opinions. I really appreciate it. > > > > The switch will handle VoIP traffic - we currently have an Allworx system, > but the voice quality is fairly poor. We're thinking of separating out the > wiring out and running a separate switch for the Allwork system and the > computers. > > > > The reason I'm looking to replace the current HP ProCurve 2810 is that we > recently purchased a new SonicWALL NSA 2400 firewall and put in place of our > old Netscreen 5GT. However, when we did, the ProCurve seemingly started > shutting down the LAN side of the SonicWALL port. This happened again and > again. My consultant and I could not figure out what's going on, and they've > been here 4 times working on it - probably have spent 15 hours on the > situation. As soon as we put the Netscreen back in place, it's fine. Then, > the consultant brought in an unmanaged 3Com switch and we put it in place. > At that point, things ran fine. The port was not being shut down and > everything seemed to work. Our consultant is more familiar with Cisco > switches than HP, but said he had never seen a situation like this before. > So, I'm just looking to replace the switch with a Cisco. We keep having to > put the Netscreen back in place because once we put the SonicWALL in with > the HP switch, all heck breaks loose. > > > > Again, thanks for your opinions :) > > > > Evan > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:40 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Switch opinions > > > > It is going to be interesting to see how the whole Cisco/HP > Networking/Server thing is going to pan out ultimately. My understanding was > that HP & Cisco had kind of a friendly agreement to stay out of each others’ > spaces for a while there, but now that HP has entered the server arena going > head to head against HP and everyone else, it will be interesting to see if > HP steps up their networking game… > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *jra...@eaglemds.com* > *www.eaglemds.com > ------------------------------ > > *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:29 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Switch opinions > > > > > +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. 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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? 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