[119405] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kinkie)
Wed Nov 18 09:06:29 2009
In-Reply-To: <550031AE4E25FE40BCD5D6894BC95DD5013F17DC@DCPWMF303.polk.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:04:28 +0100
From: Kinkie <gkinkie@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Bulger, Tim <Tim_Bulger@polk.com> wrote:
> If you use stackable switches, you can stack across cabinets (up to 3 wit=
h 1 meter Cisco 3750 Stackwise), and uplink on the ends. =C2=A0It's a prett=
y solid layout if you plan your port needs properly based on NIC density an=
d cabinet size, plus you can cable cleanly to an adjacent cabinet's switch =
if necessary.
Juniper claims their switches can do clustering using ethernet
cabling, yet a cluster behaves as a single-system-image
configuration-wise. Should allow for very flexible cabling and
operations-wise for TOR switches. I have never tried it however.
/Kinkie
