From: Rahmlow, Howard F. (Howard.F.Rahmlow@unisys.com)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2007 - 18:40:51 ART
I would toss in 3 2500's or so, as backbones. They are cheap, and you
need something to inject routes. Loopback just don't cut it for
everything.
My 2 cents
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Roger
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:02 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Is My List of Equipment Good Enough
Hi All,
I'm planning on building out my CCIE R&S Equipment Rack and would like
to
know your thoughts if all of this would be sufficient or overkill.
6 - 2611XM Routers 256/48
6 - WIC-1T For the 2611XMs
2 - WS-C3550-24-EMI Switches
2 - WS-C3560G-24TS-S Switches
1 - 2511 - Terminal Server
1 - 3640 w/NM-8A/S (To Use As Frame Relay Switch)
What do you think? Am I missing anything or need any additional
modules?
(besides cables, rackmounts, and memory) I chose to go with the 2611XMs
instead of six 3640s since it seemed the cheapest method of having
higher
RAM/Flash capabilities. Also, I figured it was maybe worth paying
slightly
more having two 10/100 ports built-in rather than having to buy a 3640 +
$100 each for the NM-2E2W for two regular 10baseT ports.
For my 3640 with NM-8A/S module, would this work well to serve as my
frame
relay switch? It would work exactly the same way as if I bought a 2522,
right? It doesn't look like I can find a lot of 2522s on fleabay so I
was
wondering if this might be a good alternate route.
For the switches, if my budget can allow it, would it be better to
really
have 4 switches or do I only need two for the lab? Also, for the 3560
switch, should I be looking at the 3560 model or do I need to get the
3560G
version instead?
I just want to be sure that I'm getting the right gear before I unload
the
truck on all this. Thanks in advance.
-Roger
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