Re: LAN Standards Document

Among a billion other things -- off the top of my head I would say avoid L2
links where possible. If you can get the big cheese to spring for all L3
switches in even the access layer (3750 is a great choice) do it. Then run
either EIGRP or OSPF from the access-layer up redundantly of course. This
gets rid of those pesky STP problems, and allows faster convergence.

Actually, I would recommend you pick up the design book for CCDA and CCDP
there are some great things in there you can benefit from.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Joseph L. Brunner
<joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:

> 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
>
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> Jason Kline
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:08 PM
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: LAN Standards Document
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> Dear GS Members,
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> 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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