Hi guys
I'm slowly building up a solid lab for the CCNP, I know I could virtualise to some extent and / or run GNS3 but I want real gear for the following additional reasons:
1. I have a VMware lab and would like something that doubles study and performance
2. I want gigabit can I use the 10GbE for my ISCSI / SAN direct connected to each VMware host or are they uplinks only?
3. Need to support IOS 15.x
4. Big port buffer if possible
So based on above what's your recommendation? I need two switches so could go for:
2 x 3560E
2 x 3750E
1 x 3560E & 1 x 4948 10G E
1 x 3560E & 1 X 3750E
What do you think? Looking for lab use and support all CCNP options.
Current network lab:
4 X 1841s with IOS 15.1
4 X 3750s (Fast Ethernet)
1 X 2950T
1 X 2821
1 X PE5524 (current lab 10GbE switch)
1252AG Aironet
887VA-K9
Also thought about getting an 819G 4G for LTE failover / fun.
Thanks all
I'm slowly building up a solid lab for the CCNP, I know I could virtualise to some extent and / or run GNS3 but I want real gear for the following additional reasons:
1. I have a VMware lab and would like something that doubles study and performance
2. I want gigabit can I use the 10GbE for my ISCSI / SAN direct connected to each VMware host or are they uplinks only?
3. Need to support IOS 15.x
4. Big port buffer if possible
So based on above what's your recommendation? I need two switches so could go for:
2 x 3560E
2 x 3750E
1 x 3560E & 1 x 4948 10G E
1 x 3560E & 1 X 3750E
What do you think? Looking for lab use and support all CCNP options.
Current network lab:
4 X 1841s with IOS 15.1
4 X 3750s (Fast Ethernet)
1 X 2950T
1 X 2821
1 X PE5524 (current lab 10GbE switch)
1252AG Aironet
887VA-K9
Also thought about getting an 819G 4G for LTE failover / fun.
Thanks all