twin--turbo Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Ok Cisco I can handle. 4000 became 4500 and are in 3,6,7,10 slot configs.. And Theres the 6500 Serise... Nice and simple.. ( Ok You have to now your Supervisors but it's straight forward.. ) Anyone give me a brife rundown on the HP's I see 4108's 5308's and modern 5608's I am going to buy possibly a 5308 and an edge switch ( more fun trying to work them out! ) to familiarise myself with the ODD world of HP. My new job mostly encompases a plethora of HP so need to get to know it a bit better. Cheers Rob
twin--turbo Posted February 7, 2014 Author Posted February 7, 2014 Ok Cisco I can handle. 4000 became 4500 and are in 3,6,7,10 slot configs.. And Theres the 6500 Serise... Nice and simple.. ( Ok You have to now your Supervisors but it's straight forward.. ) Anyone give me a brife rundown on the HP's I see 4108's 5308's and modern 5608's I am going to buy possibly a 5308 and an edge switch ( more fun trying to work them out! ) to familiarise myself with the ODD world of HP. My new job mostly encompases a plethora of HP so need to get to know it a bit better. Cheers Rob I am guessing thing like 4000M? are well out of date?? Rob
Marshall_IT Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Ok Cisco I can handle. 4000 became 4500 and are in 3,6,7,10 slot configs.. And Theres the 6500 Serise... Nice and simple.. ( Ok You have to now your Supervisors but it's straight forward.. ) Anyone give me a brife rundown on the HP's I see 4108's 5308's and modern 5608's I am going to buy possibly a 5308 and an edge switch ( more fun trying to work them out! ) to familiarise myself with the ODD world of HP. My new job mostly encompases a plethora of HP so need to get to know it a bit better. Cheers Rob Not used hp in about 6 months but... 4000m is well out of date, if you still have them in service get rid... 4108gl is a good switch, used as the main switch for a long time at my old school. Chassis switch with 8 slots can take 24 port 100m and I think 6 or -6 port 1gb Can also take iirc 2 port 1gb fibre per slot. Limiting if you want 1gb to desktop and I don't think it can take 10gb modules or they were very expensive. 5308's I believe replaced the 4108s and can take 24 port 1gb and a larger amount of fibre SPF modules. All are layer 3 managed again iirc, not sure on all e features of 5308 and 5608s. I use extreme now which I can absolutely recommend, they can even come in less than hp in some cases, especially when looking at 10g links. Chris.
DMcCoy Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 5300s are likewise, pretty ancient Current (if getting on it a bit too) are 5400/8200zl which are almost the same, I believe they share modules but the 8200 can have redundant management card. The first thing you need to know when you look at any procurve is this: HP or 3com. I personally like the HPs (the old E named switches as they were, 3com being the As) The 4108 was a bit weedy, the 5308 was ok but lacked much in the way of 10Gb, the 5412s were the best switches I ever bought!
DMcCoy Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Oh, if you want it for testing, the 2510s were ok, but you'd really need a routing switch to learn everything (beyond the 3800s which are a special case for the Provision procurves as they have actual stacking modules!). 5308 is ok to learn with, supporting most of the current features.
Marshall_IT Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Yeah, I don't like the 3com hps... Returned a couple went hp first bought them out.
twin--turbo Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 It's just for my own lab work. Sounds like a 5308 will do the job. What about Cheap L3 and L2 managed edges for testing? Rob
snoerre Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) For cheap layer 3 switches, go for a used/refurbished 3com 4800G, this has been relabled by HP to an E4800. (Hint: try to get one with a white HP label on it, as with that one you get HP`s lifetime warranty. Without you get nothing...) The H3C S5500-EI is the same model. HP relabeled them to HP A5500-EI. Take a look at the release notes for routing support. It it´s only about learning protocols, you could also take http://www.mikrotik.com/ or http://mininet.org/ Edited February 8, 2014 by snoerre
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