That does sound strange, I did work as a pre -sales guy for a while. I
basically knew most customers don't want to spend lots of cash on equipment,
but it was important to think about the future growth. Of course some
customers were max out on their network, so tossing money at the problem
was necessary. Pre-sales are sometimes told to push certain equipment
depending on vendor discounts, incentives etc.
In that case it does sound strange 2 -6000's to replace one 8 port switch.
Is it possible the 8 port switch was acting as a backbone to lot of servers
down stream? Usually the Pre-sales engineer's proposal will give a reason
for the recommendation. If they are think about the future you can always
add another later??
Nigel
Brad Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi! Does anyone else work with a pre-sales engineer that over quotes bids
> (ie: suggests 16 megs of flash for an IOS that uses only 4-5 megs of
space)?
> We have a customer that has an 8-port intel switch. This guy suggested
(2)
> Catalyst 6000s to replace this single Intel switch. Needless to say the
> customer was a little shocked when he saw the cost. We were replacing an
> 8-port intel switch with about 96 ports total!!!
>
> Are all pre-sales engineers like this? Im just curious. I havent done
much
> pre-sales work as I enjoy the post-sales work quite a bit more.
>
> any input is appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> -Brad
> p.s. if anyone needs a 8540MSR to replace your 25xx router, let me know!!!
> lol
>
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