Good points, Erik - some thoughts below: ""Erick B."" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Comments inline... > snipp for brevety
> > CL: 12 copper gig ports and 48x10/100 ports fits > > nicely into a 4006, which > > conveniently now sells with an L3 blade.. Use the > > 10/100/1000 blade, or use > > the copper gig GBICs, depending on other > > consideration. > > But the 4006 is a wiring closet switch. I recently ran > into a company trying to use a 4006 w/sup2 with 12 > GBIC ports attached to servers w/gigabit NICs and > their performance and throughput suffered. (Ie: > In-lost errors, rx-errors, and txmt-errors which all > point to excessive traffic and full buffers). I've > only seen this w/sup2s however so maybe sup3 or sup4 > would help. I've seen other companys also have > problems when using 4006 as a core/data-center device > with a good amount of servers attached. CL: according to the specs, the 4006 has a 64 gig backplane, superior to the 65xx's advertised 32 gig out of the box. I do recall some conversation somewhere about Cisco's 6 port gig blade architechture being somewhat restrictive, but I don't recall the details. Something about each three gig ports sharing a chunk of the backplane? If this is the case, I can see certain high speed server applications having problems. Althoug I gotta say, the 65xx architechture isn't any better. CL: also, there could have been other reasons why there were problems in the case you mention. > > > CL: OR... I gotta keep brining this up - depending > > on the applications and > > traffic flows, a 3550-12G and a cou-ple of 3550-48's > > might just do the > > trick. The 12G is L3 out of the box. > > Agreed, or some other vendors box that isn't as pricy > as the 6500 series (Extreme, Foundry). CL: hush............. this is a Cisco list........ ;-> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stuart Pittwood > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:12 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Confused about Catalyst part numbers > > [7:54437] > > > > > > > > > I am looking into buying a Catalyst 5509 for the > > core of our network, I > > > am however confused by the part numbers I will > > need. > > > > > > I need about 12 + Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) ports, > > 48 10/100BaseT ports, > > > a GBIC uplink to some 2950G-EIs we have, and an > > RSM to provide intervlan > > > routing. > > > > > > Can anyone advise of of the part numbers I would > > need to get the > > > required ports? > > > > > > Am I correct in thinking the the Supervisor Engine > > III would provide the > > > layer 3 functions? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Stu > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54450&t=54437 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
