Hey John-- The new 3560X does not offer StackWise; too bad, that would an excellent offering. The 2960 model does, but that really doesn't have the horsepower that the 3560 does. One thing you might want to consider is two 3560X switches, the 10G network module, four copper SFPs and two copper cables so that you can make a 20 Gbps link between the two.
Certainly that comes nowhere close to the 64Gpbs StackWise link, but is may be less expensive. cjw > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:35:20 +1100 > From: John Elliot <johnellio...@hotmail.com> > To: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> > Subject: [c-nsp] Alternatives to 3750 w/ Stackwise? > Message-ID: <col111-w30c3bf0992085dcaf42e03da...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi, > > We have an existing POP with 7200(G2) and a 3560 - The POP is growing a lot > quicker than anticipated, and we have had to add another 3560 to accommodate > new client eth connections...the 2nd 3560 is connected via PortChan to the > 1st 3560(Not ideal). > > Before the POP becomes unmanageable, we are looking at replacing the 1st 3560 > with 2 x 3750's(Or another switch available that offers stackwise, but can > accommodate a growing number of vlans(We currently have ~250-300 in use)), > and then use the 3560's for access layer to clients(With the 3560's having > dual(PortChan) connectivity to each 3750. > > 2 Questions: > - Are there any alternatives to the 3750 that we should be looking at?(Given > budget restraints, and also space(RU) limitations) > - We have a redundant 7200 onsite, that we manually "copy" the config to on > each change...Is there a better(read "automatic") way to do this?(Not > HSRP/GLBP as the 7200 has upstream connectivity via ATM and only single > connectivity is available) > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/