New Core Switches / rollout of new switches

[snoerre]

HP 58XX series, as you want a core switch. Just look at the release notes: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03229114/c03229114.pdf

The last time I checked the manuals, there´s mentioned that you could take up to 4x SFP+ slots to stack your switches. So 40Gbe/s

[sonofsanta]

There's no doubt that the E8206zl is the more fully featured switch, but... as unscientific as this may be, I've taken the stats off every port on my current 5500G core switch at 8 this morning and again half an hour ago, and adding up all the packets coming in and going out, taking the difference, dividing by the time gap... at the moment I'm apparently only using less than 40,000 packets per second and about 160Mbps on my core. Given that the 5800 as the lesser option offers 155 million packets per second switching and a 208Gbps backplane, I think I'll be ok for any future expansion...

 

(unless anyone cares to shed any light on why those numbers seem so low in comparison to the quoted specs. Am I missing something obvious here? I probably am.)

[CyberNerd]

The JC100A's and JC103A's I have sitting on my desk have 4x 10Gbps SFP+ modules built in and have and extra module for another 4x 10Gbps FTP+, surely thats 80Gbps if you really wanted it.

[sonofsanta]

Just to update then... in the end I went with the solution proposed by Mike @ Switchshop, so getting 2 x HP A5800's stacked at the core, and 5120's as edge switches in that cabinet, as well as in my office as the pricing was low enough to get a second cab done at the same time. So looking forward to upgrading it all and VLANning in the Easter holidays, exciting times indeed!

 

Thanks to all for the advice and knowledge, you are all, as ever, wonders of the Universe [/briancox]