From: Tim Durack (no email)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2008 - 11:37:39 EDT
The HP ProCurve 3500/5400 range is working nicely for us.
The 3500 is a fixed format 24/48 port 10/100/1000 with 4
dual-personality SFP ports. You can slap a 10Gig expansion module in
the back. Around $3k/$6k for the 24/48 port
We prefer the 5406 chassis, as it is more flexible. Does consume more
space though.
We only run basic L2 stuff, although the unit supports L3.
Tim:>
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Kevin Blackham <> wrote:
>
> We run nortel 5530. They are not exactly "cheap" by my standards for
> 24 GE (10k list), but they do have 2x10G. Also they don't play nice
> with rstp to cisco, and I still can't figure out how to get it to show
> me stp port status. Both vendors in the tree think they're root. CLI
> is tolerable, but if you get into lacp config or want to know what
> knobs are set for a given port, you'll want to light them on fire
> (many vendors suck this way anyway). L3 features are lacking. No ACLs,
> pay extra for OSPF.
>
> For 24 ports of GE and 2x 10G XFP, they'll work nice as a simple L2
> switch, just don't stack em (does not work as advertised when making
> changes under load), and dump some of the vendor proprietary defaults
> such as nortel-mstp and mlt link aggs.
>
>
>
>
> On 4/1/08, Pekka Savola <> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Andrew Staples wrote:
> > > Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
> > > suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
> > > experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
> > > this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central
> > switch
> > > for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.
> >
> > Nortel 5530 has 24x copper, 12x SFP and 2x10GE (XFP):
> > http://www.nortel.com/ers5530
> >
> > We don't have 5530's but we have good experience with 5510 as L2
> > device. In your case you may be looking for a larger number of SFP GE
> > ports though.
> >
> > --
> > Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> > Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
> > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
> >
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