3750s stack or Catalyst 6500?
i'm
working in a government health network and we actually have a Cisco Catalyst
4503 as a Core Switch with a bunch of 2960Gs and 2950, etc. My question is
regarding the best solution to have for having the Core Switch to change.
Scenario
1: 4x Catalyst 3750 24 Ports and 1x WS-C3750V2-24PS-S 12 ports all 5 stacked
Scenario
2: 1x Catalyst 6500 48 ports and another one 24 ports SFPs
I
think both scenarios would be approximatly the same cost or around it, but it's
not a matter of money. I would like to know what would be the best solution for
us for scalability, fault tolerance, network management, etc.
The
only flaw that I see going for 6500 is that it doesn't give me redundancy in
terms of chassis. If you are planning to go for two supervisors in the chassis,
it will be a better option.
1)
You can add/remove modules from 6500 as & when you want without having to
pay for any other switch, I assume that the modules would be cheaper than buyig
a whole new switch.
2)
It gives you more backplane speed.
3)
Hardware forwarding.
4)
Most of routing & other functions would be handled in hardware.
Overall,
6500 is much more advanced than 3750.
So,
I would go for 6500. For more details, I would suggest going through the
datasheet of both these WS-C3750X-24P-S switches.
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