RE: LAN Standards Document

I would stress multiple channeled, 10G links for all production uplinks, server grade blades in all chassis switches (now would be a good time to finalize your blade architecture to server grade blades, with deep asics). Avoid Xenpak and other end of life options. No use of 62 Micron fiber ANYWHERE even if someone tells you it can do 10g, etc.

Avoid use of features like DAI, DHCP snooping, NAC, etc that lock in Cisco as a switch vendor. It will be much better received if it can be applied equally to any vendor.

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Jason Kline
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:08 PM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: LAN Standards Document

Dear GS Members,

I would appreciate any assistance if any of you CCIE's or non-CCIE's have a
LAN standards document that you can share. I am developing a LAN standards
document where I am working and any input or templates that GS members can
offer would be great. I have much of the document complete however would
like to compare what I have to what others in the industry have done. I am
following the Cisco Campus Overview document as a baseline for my
documentation. Any suggestions or documents are appreciated. I work in an
enterprise network with about one thousand nodes.

Regards,

Jason Kline, CCIE #24462 (R&S)

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Received on Mon Aug 03 2009 - 16:11:31 ART