[AusNOG] Switching Recommendations

[Peter Tonoli]

Hiya,

> Looking for a recommendation on a good top of rack switch with most
> importantly dual redundant power supplies, and 24 Gigabit Ethernet
> ports. If there are ones in a good price range that also have 10Gbit
> capability, that is a bonus but not a must.
> 
> Would prefer 1RU, 2RU at most. Not many ports needed so don't
> want/need a big switching chassis.
> 
> Cisco is our preferred vendor, but if you can suggest a good switch in
> another brand with compelling enough reason then it will be considered
> :).

Cisco's 3560, model WS-C3560X-24T-L with:
C3KX-NM-10G Two 10GbE SFP+ ports network module with four physical ports with two SFP+ and two regular SFP ports
or C3KX-NM-10GT Two 10GB-T ports network module,
& C3KX-PWR-350WAC as a secondary power supply will do the trick :-)

Cheers,
Peter.

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Peter Tonoli < peter at medstv.unimelb.edu.au > +61-3-9288-2399 
IT Manager 
The University of Melbourne - Eastern Hill Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute