RE: 3750s in the Core

I've used a 3750 as the primary switch/inter-vlan router for several small/mid
hotel casinos. Were they truly core switches? They did have a connection back
to a 'real' enterprise core/data center, but the networks were designed to
operate independently if neccessary. (And that happened several times)

Because of budget restrictions and lack of heavy loads it was the way to go.
Some things to think about:

Load was mentioned, check it before you go this route.
Redundancy, stackwise or HSRP. Check cost vs a smaller modular switch.
Features, make sure the 3750 will handle everything you want to do. For
smaller networks this is usually not much. :D

Its not a bad way to go if you have a tight budget, just make sure its gonna
do everything you want and support future requirements.

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From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com on behalf of loopback 99
Sent: Tue 6/16/2009 4:37 AM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: 3750s in the Core

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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Received on Tue Jun 16 2009 - 09:05:43 ART