Re: [SIG-IX] IX Switching gear

[Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>]

    > I guess we're looking at least:
    > *Dual redundant power supply
    > *Minimum 48 10/100 ethernet ports
    > *Minimum 2 Gig copper/fiber or the ability to add in later
    > *Backplane of at least 4Gbps
    > *Reliable :-)
    > *Layer 3 would be nice, but not necessary
    > *Priced reasonably...

I've seen a lot of Cisco 3550-48s go into exchanges lately...  They meet
all of your criteria other than dual power supplies, and that can be added
on as a separate box; one of those "RPS" part numbers.

I've used them in setting up quite a few exchanges, as well as in our own
offices, and been very happy with them.  I've had a couple of DOA units,
out of maybe 100 that I've configured, but I've never had one fail once it
was out in the field.  One of the DOAs was just a single bad Ethernet
controller, so it looked like it was missing some ports; the other was
just a dead fan.

Extreme has some very similar models, except they're twice as large.

                                -Bill