[82592] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Switch advice please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Fri Jul 22 21:25:51 2005
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 23 Jul 2005 01:25:21 +0000
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.050721161656.nmh@daemontech.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
nmh@daemontech.com (Nicole) writes:
>
> I am looking at aquiring some switches to upgrade a large web site front and
> backend switching network.
>
> I am looking at cisco and HP switches at the moment and would like to hear
> peoples opinions on them or recommendations for any others.
>
> Some of the switches I am looking at are 24 and 48 Port GB (copper) switches
> and 48 and 24 port 10/100 with GB feed's. (one or two feeds)
Last time I bought switchgear from a distributor other than EBay, it was a
pair of D-Link DGS-3224TGR's (http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=2&pid=269).
These took some getting used to -- the CLI is extremely ExtremeWare-like,
enough that my past familiarity with ExtremeWare does me more harm than good.
My hot-buttons for switchgear might be unusual so I'll list a few, in case
my mileage might vary too much to make me a useful example. I want SNMPv2
and 64-bit counters, serial console and telnet CLI with a minimum of ANSI
screen-control characters, line-rate ACL's on my SNMP and telnet listeners,
and the ability to shut completely down the ssh and web listeners. I also
care about actual switching features, but those seem nearly universal now
compared to "how much will it hurt to manage and monitor it?"
--
Paul Vixie
