The Nexus 5K does not support VTP. That may or may not be a issue for you.
Patrick. Darrin Machay wrote: > Other than FCoE, the major difference is L3 switching. The 5010 is a > Layer2-only device and the 4900M can do routing. If you're trying to > shave off microseconds, the 5010 will beat the 4900M in switching > latency. On the other hand, the 4900M is modular and well suited for > mixed, low-density 1gig/10gig deployments. > > > Darrin Machay > > YJT Solutions > 440 South LaSalle St, Suite 3990 > Chicago, IL 60605 > Office: 312-362-4712 > Cell: 312-961-6977 > [email protected] > www.YJTSolutions.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Malitsky > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [c-nsp] Catalyst vs. Nexus > > Hello, > > I am working on the first 10Gig deployment in a small data center. Main > driver is a SQL database, so there will be a bunch of SQL servers > virtualized using VMware, running against a SAN over iSCSI. > > I've done some research and it looks like I can build the network using > a Catalyst 4900M or a Nexus 5010, at about the same cost. I am familiar > with the Catalyst family, but have no experience with the Nexus. At > this point, the only major difference I see is that Nexus supports Fibre > Channel (which I don't need). For being different product families, I > am having a hard time understanding what the major differences are. Can > anyone enlighten me? > If anyone has hands-on experience with both and willing to share, that > would be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > Michael Malitsky > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
