Re: 3750s in the Core

Hi,

Yes, we have used Cisco Catalyst 3750G-12S in core environments for small
campus LANs. As long as you use it for small environments I don't think the
backplane issues will come into play. In your case with 500-600 users, and
considering it's a collapsed core setup, I think you could be pushing it...
but you could also be just fine. Depends a bit on what you are expecting in
terms of throughput. Is it just (local) user traffic or is there also a lot
of server traffic? Are you using 3750 StackWise switches for your access
layer (9x48 = 432 users per stack)?

Just my 2ct.

Marc

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 13:37, loopback 99 <loopback99_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Has anyone used or seen 3750's used as core switches ? We are currently
> replacing our old obsolete HP switches with Cisco and my Company, like most
> at the moment, want to make cost savings. Consequently they don't want to
> spend money on 4500's in the core but instead want to put stacks of 3750s
> instead. Are there any major disadvantages apart from the obvious backplane
> speed issue that would make this a bad idea ? The proposed topology is the
> typical collapsed core/distribution layer with access switches connected to
> this. It is a medium sized network that will have approx 500 - 600 users.
>
> Thanks,
>
> L.
>
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