From: James Ventre (messageboard@ventrefamily.com)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 13:49:58 ART
I can't specifically answer your quesetion because it's a bit more
involved than just a simple "Design X sucks and here's why", and it's a
bit out of scope for this list. I encourage you to reference the SRND
docs from Cisco to help find your answer:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns656/networking_solutions_design_guidances_list.html#anchor3
James
Salau,Olayemi wrote:
> 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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