From: Salau,Olayemi (Olayemi.Salau@southampton.gov.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 13:06:39 ART
Hello Guys,
I'm struggling trying to convince my boss on the issue of choosing a
design over the other.
Basically, we want to make a decision on whether to connect our
Servers(about 250 of them) into our Core/Distribution Layer Switches OR
to connect them into an access layer switch and then provide uplinks to
the core that way.
>From my own experience and knowledge, I prefer the option of segmenting
the server farm and then connecting the access layer switches to the
distribution layer rather than plugging all the servers directly into
the core switches. I know this is a basic design principle question, but
to be honest, I've had a look around on the internet and there is no
such document that states the best practise to executing this. Our
Core/Distribution Switches are 6500 series, We intend to purchase the
3750G Series to provide 1Gbps link for the server. We can then create
gigabit uplinks between the 3750G Switches and the 6500 Series, does
this sound like agood idea?
Many Thanks
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