RE: Time for new core switches

2012-05-21 Thread Steven M. Caesare
] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time for new core switches I've been running Enterasys switches exclusively for several years and am very happy with them http://www.enterasys.com/. Before that, I've had Cisco, 3Com, Dell. One cool thing about Enterasys

RE: Time for new core switches

2012-05-20 Thread Derek Harris
[mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time for new core switches http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/force10-z-series In the datacenter. -sc From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]mailto:[mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent

RE: Time for new core switches

2012-05-20 Thread James Hill
...@panoramaortho.com] Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 4:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time for new core switches I've been running Enterasys switches exclusively for several years and am very happy with them http://www.enterasys.com/. Before that, I've had Cisco, 3Com, Dell. One cool thing about

RE: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Chinnery, Paul
I have a Cisco 4510 as core running 1 gig ports. However, due to hospital expansion (including going to VOIP), I am going to upgrade to 10 gig. Size of our org doesn't justify, at this time, going to 40 or 100. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:31 PM

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Off the cuff, I'd say HP. Which model depends on your needs. What switch(es) were you using? Exact model please. Are there additional features you require for this switch? (Layer 3 routing, Fiber uplinks, etc.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Tom

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Tom Miller
We use the HP 5500G-EI series. Full management, and I have fiber cards in the back to that connect to our buildings here on Campus. I don't use many features, just the common VLAN and dhcp forwarding. I might just keep with the same series in 10G. The firmware set is different than the

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Harry Singh
I have the same set of switches here and they have been rock solid for over 7 years. I plan on moving forward next year and have been looking at HP and Force10. It's really hard to beat the lifetime warranty of HP, it's come in handy more than one since the HP purchase of 3com. On Thu, May 17,

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Kat Aylward Langan
disclaimer - I work for Extreme Networks, but am in IT there and not Sales Have you checked out the products from Extreme Networks? We just showed at Interop and won a bunch of awards, and have also compared VERY favorably to many of the more well known vendors.

RE: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Crawford, Scott
Big fan of exchange here as well. We're looking to upgrade, so we might have a BlackDiamond 8810 for sale soon :) From: Kat Aylward Langan [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Time for new core switches disclaimer - I work

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Kat Aylward Langan messagel...@gmail.com wrote: Have you checked out the products from Extreme Networks?  We just showed at Interop and won a bunch of awards, and have also compared VERY favorably to many of the more well known vendors. Plus they're that cool

Re: Time for new core switches

2012-05-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: My core switch bank is a series of 3COM (HP) 1GIG managed switches.  They've worked very well.  I don't think the exact model is made anymore, so I cannot add to the current bank. Call HP. See if they offer a specific