[31854] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cheapest ethernet switch with monitor/mirror port?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Tue Oct 24 08:18:46 2000
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:15:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: Mark Milhollan <mlm@ftel.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Mark Milhollan wrote:
>
> Henry Yen writes:
>
> >but the original poster seemed to be looking for a cheapie (although reliable,
> >i assume, or why post the question on nanog, after all...) switch that
> >he could snarf a monitor port from, and not a general recommendation for
> >that capability for a mid-range or high-end switch.
> >
> >i think once you get down to the $800 or so range (1200cdn), there's not going
> >to be much difference in what you get.
>
> So far the HP ProCurve 4000m is looking pretty good. A pair of
> half-populated units (J4121A) is less than the price of a fully
> populated one. CDW has them for US$45.72/port. (Due to a HP promotion
> currently running.) VLAN (802.1q), IGMP, monitor port, SNMP, stackable,
> CoS stuff, &c. GbE ports (SX, LX, and 1000Base-T) are available for it.
> Some limitations, e.g., 8 MAC's per port in secure mode.
>
> Of course we haven't really stressed them as yet, so ... YMMV, and all.
>
>
> Disclaimer: Currently a happy consumer. No other interest, though I
> think a mutual fund or two has some HP stock.
>
We've managed to get in excess of 800Mb/s through the 4000m's. So far,
they're the best thing since sliced bread to come along. One gotcha
though. They come half-populated because they come with one PS. Start
loading them up, it's a good idea to put the other PS in which gets
expensive. We just deploy them as is and when we run out of the 40 ports
(+ GE uplink) we deploy another.
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
