<div dir="ltr">If you haven't already seen it, there was a good session on the 3850 at this week's Cisco Live<div><br></div><div>3850 and 3650 Switching Architecture: <a href="https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=78471&backBtn=true" target="_blank">https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=78471&backBtn=true</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>(didn't attend in person, just read through the presentation)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I still can't figure out what the point of the new 3850 SFP model is though. How many people are deploying new fibre aggregation switches, but only at 1G? I must be missing something.</div><div><br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Matt Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt.g.walker@outlook.com" target="_blank">matt.g.walker@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+2 to Brad<br>
<br>
We only buy 3750X if we are growing an old stack that hasn't reached it's upgrade date<br>
<br>
Otherwise 3850's are an amazing choice<br>
<br>
If/when you go down WLC Path you can have a 5508 control the 3850 etc in a mesh controller architecture<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Matt<br>
<br>
> On 22 May 2014, at 4:03 pm, "Damian Guppy" <<a href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com">the.damo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> +1 to brads comments. We have moved over to the 3850's long ago. Not<br>
> sure why Skeeve brought up wireless as the 3750x also had a line that<br>
> did the wireless stuff (just not as well).<br>
><br>
> Of note is the 3850 is based on ciscos new IOS XE platform and is not<br>
> really an updated version of the 3750 but a whole new switching<br>
> platform.<br>
><br>
> --Damian<br>
><br>
> Sent from my Windows PhoneFrom: Brad Peczka<br>
> Sent: 22/05/2014 1:32 PM<br>
> To: Skeeve Stevens; P. D. Castle<br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cisco 3750-X vs 3850<br>
> A 3850 is hardly just a 3750X, Skeeve.<br>
><br>
> The stacking architecture on the 3850-series switches has been<br>
> radically overhauled when compared to the 3750X. It has vastly<br>
> superior stack bandwidth (480Gbps compared to 64Gbps) and features SSO<br>
> across the stack - so if you cable it correctly and a switch dies,<br>
> another one takes over and the stack keeps running without a drop.<br>
><br>
> 3850s have bigger flash, more queues per port, QoS using MQC and not<br>
> MLS, and support NetFlow!<br>
><br>
> IMHO - if you're buying new switches, there is no case where you would<br>
> buy a 3750X over a 3850 unless you're trying to expand an existing<br>
> stack.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> -Brad.<br>
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> To: P. D. Castle<br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cisco 3750-X vs 3850<br>
><br>
> I think if you don't use wireless in the deployment context, then<br>
> these are just 3750X's.<br>
><br>
><br>
> ...Skeeve<br>
><br>
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> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:55 PM, P. D. Castle<br>
> <<a href="mailto:peter@castle.on.net">peter@castle.on.net</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@castle.on.net">peter@castle.on.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> We have an environment with a large quantity of 3750-Xs (several PoE<br>
> and non-PoE variants) is use as access switches. For a separate server<br>
> access segement I've now had quotes for 3850s. The literature looks<br>
> attractive, not that we need the extra 10GE capacity or wlan<br>
> controller yet but I'm wondering if it is worthwhile starting down the<br>
> 3850 path.<br>
><br>
> Has anyone had some experience with these in production as yet and any<br>
> shortfalls/issues I should be aware of? Strictly ip-base at present.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Peter<br>
><br>
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