Re: (clug-talk) Core Switches.

[timmy]

I use procurves all the time at work. They're pretty good, seem to be pretty solid in the enhanced models. We run one here for our LAN, it's a modular chassis, you can add 12 port blades to it when you run out of switchports. It's SNMP manageable, telnet manageable (CLI and menu-driven) has a web interface (which we don't use). The menu is pretty simple, much like the Cat 1900 series, and the CLI is quite cisco-like; these switches actually run CDP, which is odd, seeing as how that's a Cisco proprietary protocol. I'm assuming they have some licensing deal with Cisco, or perhaps they use a Cisco backplane of some sort.

What kind of Cisco switch do you have now? Why is it so expensive to maintain and upgrade?

tim

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From: Kevin Anderson
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:09:49 -0600

Does anyone have any experience with HP core switches. We have a Cisco right now, but it's expensive to maintain, and even more expensive to upgrade. I'm thinking it might make sense to switch it out with a Procurve.

I'd be interested in any firsthand experiences, positive or negative.

Thanks.
Kev.