They are OMG deep(30 inches) so make sure that doesn't cause you any issues. My understanding is that the current 5K line will NEVER do L3, but someone more internal to Cisco can confirm/rebuff that statement.
My pet peeve is that on the 5010's we bought you cannot assign an IP address to a VLAN for MGMT, you have to use the single (1) non- redundant dedicated copper management port. I understand that in most cases, that's better(tm), but for our installation it makes it a bit inconvenient, like if the switch that the 5K is connected to goes down, you can no longer manage it regardless of how much redundancy you put in place. And no, using a terminal server to access the console is not the same:) Last tidbit, if you're not worried about Spanning tree interoperability issues, take a look at Arista Networks. We had the 7148SX, in place and they were awesome minus the spanning tree issue.(We run rpvst+ here) Support was awesome, they were solid as a rock and just a good group of guys in general. Michael Balasko CCNP,CCSP,MCSE,MCNE Network Specialist II City of Henderson, Nevada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Varriale Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 5000? It sounds like you aren't using FC through them, so I'm guessing they were positioned as a high density, low cost 10g solution. Along with being cheaper, they will also be more green. The 2ks are high density low cost 1g solutions. Note there is no layer 3 on the 5ks at this time. tv ----- Original Message ----- From: "ChrisSerafin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:45 AM Subject: [c-nsp] Nexus 5000? >I have a client that Cisoc is recommending the Nexus line of switches for >their data center. They will be using IBM blade switches and I'm guessing >these would be the 'core'. > > They are looking at (2) Nexus 5010's and (2) Nexus 2000's.....totaling > 60K. > > I'm wondering why this would be recommended, since the only added feature > of the Nexus line from Cisco.com's video is that they have 10GB > ports.....and really nothing else. > > I'm almost ready to recommend my favorites....3750G's for this scenario. > > Anyone have real world experience wirking with these devices and can share > comments? good or bad, and why you went with them? > > Thanks > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
