Just one clarification. The 5548UP is around the same price as the 5010 was. The 5520 is a 2u model which closer the 5596UP.
Sent from handheld. On Nov 19, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Andrew Miehs" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:56 AM, CiscoNSP_list CiscoNSP_list < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Andrew - The Nexus do look nice...The 5010/5020 are EOL'd >> correct?(But still able to get smartnet on them?)....Is there a significant >> price point difference between these and the 5548(P?) > > The Nexus 5548 should cost about the same as the 5020 - but you would need > to check this and speak with your Cisco sales rep. > > >> If the Nexus are heinously expensive, I might look at the 4500's as you >> suggest.....or perhaps the 4900's?(I do require 6+ SFP for fibre >> connections though) > > Do you require SFP+ or SFP? (10G or 1G)? > > The 4500 Sup7E and 4500X should support VSS by the start of next year > (probably mid until it is stable). If you can wait that long with the "VSS" > requirement you could probably buy a 4500 now, and VSS it later. > > HP also have their own version of VSS called IRF which you will find on > their H3C range of switches - I believe it is now called HP Comware. This > may also be an alternative. > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > 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/
