Tribal_Tiger

Been looking at the 5412zl, but have been hearing in a few places, that it you have a number of 10Gb modules it starts to struggle a bit and can only run a few ports at full speed. Heard rumours that it is soon going EOL to be replaced by a newer version.

At the moment our edge switches are a whole mix of random old stuff, so we will be looking to replace as many of these as we can as well.

Hi, Our core switches are getting a bit long in the tooth and really need replacing. I've just started talking to a few vendors to try and get some pricing and ideas together ready to start the project when I get my budget through. Just want to get some peoples reactions to equipment. So far we have been recommended both HP and Meraki. I've heard lots of good things about HP, and we have a small number of their switches on site already. Meraki gave me a web demo yesterday and the management cloud tool looks fantastic. Just want to get some feedback from people who actually use the stuff rather than a sales pitch. Cheers

Hi, I've been asked to investigate getting a tablet for each of our students. I've not been given any more info apart from that! There have been no decisions made on the make, model or O/S of tablet. I think I'm pretty much set with the network and infrastructure side of things. We are running a vanilla Windows network, We have just rolled out Office 365, and as of last week we now have a new Wi-Fi system that should have more than enough capacity for what we are planning to throw at it. Our web filtering is done through a Lightspeed Rocket. So what I'm really after is chatting with anyone who has gone down the device per student route, what devices you went for, any problems you ran into, how you manage them. Not too much really! Any help or advice on what to look out for or avoid would be fantastic. Cheers