Help finding network switch

[ahlibert]

Hello Cisco Community,

I'm trying to find a product example of network switches which matches each of the specifications below:

Layer 2 Switch - PoE+ 48x 1GbE + 2x 10GbE SFP+ fixed ports

And a

Layer 3 Switch - PoE+ 24x 1GbE + 2x 10GbE SFP+ fixed ports, EIGRP Capable

If anyone can let me know which 2 models of network switch matches those details, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

[balaji.bandi]

Enterprise Level switches look for Cat 9K for Longitive. (Look for Cat 9200 and Cat9300 (I prefer Cat 9300)

https://www.cisco.com/site/uk/en/products/networking/switches/catalyst-9000-switches/index.html

If you looking Lower end models ( Small business) :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/small-business/networking/switches.html

[ahlibert]

Thank you BB, this was very helpful.

I think ones from the lower end models you linked would be ideal but I was considering ones from the Catalyst 900 series based on the little bit of research that I did.

Do you have any from the Catalyst 1000 series you would recommend (layer 2 and layer 3)? That are EIRPG capable or is that only a feature in the 9000 series?

[balaji.bandi]

as per i know Cat 1K support only static routing. (not that I see any eigrp support)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-1000-series-switches/nb-06-cat1k-ser-switch-faq-cte-en.html

9200 support with limitation, Cat 9300 has wider support.

[ahlibert]

I understand. Thank you so very much, this has been very helpful.

[balaji.bandi]

no worries if this meet your requirement, kindly mark as resolved.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@ahlibert wrote:

Layer 2 Switch - PoE+ 48x 1GbE + 2x 10GbE SFP+ fixed ports

And a

Layer 3 Switch - PoE+ 24x 1GbE + 2x 10GbE SFP+ fixed ports, EIGRP Capable

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Are these switches going to be located in the same rack?  Because if they are all going into the same rack, even though 9200 is ideal for Layer 2 switch, 9300 would benefit more because the Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch can be completely collapsed into a single physical stack.

Y'know what?  That was a really dumb idea.  Stacking a Layer 3 switch is akin to asking for trouble because the stacking module and daemon will introduce instability to the entire stack.

[Wassim Aouadi]

You could look up these two:

C9200L-48P-4X as the layer-2 switch
C9300L-24P-4X as the layer-3 switch

Regards

Wassim

[ahlibert]

This is good. Thank you Wassim.

I'm going to check these out and make a serious note of them. This is really helpful to me since I'm not well versed in networking.

[ahlibert]

I decided to go with the C9300 that you recommended as the layer 3 switch and something from the C1000 series as the layer 2 switch in order to save on costs.

[ahlibert]

Thank you community for all of your help. I really appreciate all of you.

[ahlibert]

Yes, I got the guidance I was looking for in order to decide what should be purchased. 

Thank you all.