Re: (clug-talk) Core Switches.

[Kevin Anderson]

We have several.  Mainly, I'm looking to replace a 6509.  It has about 250 10/100 ports in it, and it's simply overkill for our shop of about 100 devices.  Looking at annual maintenance, it's expensive.  Looking at a gig blade, I decided to think about something else.  Especially since I'm anything but an IOS guru.  I can fake my way through it, and generally find what I need, but that's about it.  I'm thinking that a browser interface is more suited to our needs (read abilities).   When I add up that maintenance is free, Software upgrades are free, and the cost to purchase is about 1/4 that of Cisco, and maintenance becomes something that we can easily do in-house, I just don't see any reason to stay with Cisco gear.  I'm wondering if I'm missing something, or if I'm correct here.  From the sound of it, everyone with Procurve is happy with it.   I'm specifically thinking of a 4108 or possibly a 5372.   Kev.       ----- Original Message ----- From: timmy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Core Switches. 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 --Original Message Text--- 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.