The HP ProCurve 3500/5400 range is working nicely for us. The 3500 is a fixed format 24/48 port 10/100/1000 with 4 dual-personality SFP ports. You can slap a 10Gig expansion module in the back. Around $3k/$6k for the 24/48 port
We prefer the 5406 chassis, as it is more flexible. Does consume more space though. We only run basic L2 stuff, although the unit supports L3. Tim:> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Kevin Blackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We run nortel 5530. They are not exactly "cheap" by my standards for > 24 GE (10k list), but they do have 2x10G. Also they don't play nice > with rstp to cisco, and I still can't figure out how to get it to show > me stp port status. Both vendors in the tree think they're root. CLI > is tolerable, but if you get into lacp config or want to know what > knobs are set for a given port, you'll want to light them on fire > (many vendors suck this way anyway). L3 features are lacking. No ACLs, > pay extra for OSPF. > > For 24 ports of GE and 2x 10G XFP, they'll work nice as a simple L2 > switch, just don't stack em (does not work as advertised when making > changes under load), and dump some of the vendor proprietary defaults > such as nortel-mstp and mlt link aggs. > > > > > On 4/1/08, Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Andrew Staples wrote: > > > Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have > > > suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal > > > experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, > but > > > this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central > > switch > > > for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and > works. > > > > Nortel 5530 has 24x copper, 12x SFP and 2x10GE (XFP): > > http://www.nortel.com/ers5530 > > > > We don't have 5530's but we have good experience with 5510 as L2 > > device. In your case you may be looking for a larger number of SFP GE > > ports though. > > > > -- > > Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the > > Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." > > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings > > >
