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Regarding the whole Nexus vs. 6509-E debate... the client currently has the same type of configuration, 2 core 6509 and 2 server farm 6509, they have VERY limited space and wanted a seamless upgrade. They gave me a list of equipment that they wanted and I ordered it. In this case, they wanted...

I am upgrading a client from an existing EOL Cisco VoIP setup that uses 8 separate servers and in the process upgrading their existing core and server farm switches. The new Cisco VoIP will run on the 2x UCS C210-M2 servers, saving the client a ton of money on cooling and power requirements...

So this is what $1.1M of Cisco product looks like...

How is the quality of the ShoreTel end-points? I might be a little biased, but I've found that most end-points outside of Cisco IP Phones feel very cheap and dinky. I've used some Avaya IP phones and they were disgusting. The handset feels like a piece of plastic crap and the buttons feel like...

Long weekend coming up... I guess it's time to finish up that dirty, dirty basement datacenter?

LOL and +1 on Monoprice.com

I don't have any purple cables in there... :(

The DragonWave will be running in the 24GHz / UL band.

Yes that's in the basement of my house. I run a bunch of different service from there. Also have a small colo facility in the city.

I am still in the process of cleaning out the datacenter... we're getting there. Should be done by the end of this week...

It's a Cisco CSS11000 SCA, basically acts as a front-end for an HTTP server farm. All the servers can be running HTTP without SSL, this box emulates each server and encrypts the data and makes it HTTPS.

I'm in the process of moving off of a single-core LAN/WAN topology to a seperate core for the WAN and one for the LAN. Since I consider the PtP microwave link to be part of the WAN group, it will be connected to the 3750G switches.

The Cisco 7120 is used to connect my ATM OC-3 link from Cablevision.

We have clear LOS (There's a lake so the earth kind of dips and our houses are on tops of hills, kind of. We established that it was LOS a few nights ago, fired a 100mW green laser from my rooftop to his house at 4AM) The houses are 14,950 feet apart, which is about 2.83 miles. I am...

LOL! It's the plastic cover over the N-Type connector that goes to the ODU... :D