LAN Input

[ryan.wells]

Ok everyone i have a question i would like to get some of you to give me your input. I am walking into an enviroment and am looking to make improvements. Currently the network is as follows:

Sonic Wall (Handles Routing as well as DHCP for clients)

HP Core (currently older switch just doing switching to Sonicwall)

Cisco 1, 2 and 3 (Cisco's Tie Back to HP, they are layer 3 but only do switching.)

I was able to get my boss to pick up another Cisco SG 300 28p, i realize there are better switches out there but it is what i have to work with. My question is as follows: Is there any benefit to replacing the HP "Core" with the new cisco and letting the new cisco act as the "Core" my initial thoughts are that if the all that is going on is switching that i am better off trying to route all switches to the Sonic Wall. As long as the Sonic Wall handles the routing and its a flat network there is not added benefit of having a core switch through which all traffic routes. Is my thinking correct on this?

[paul driver]

Hello

I think you have answered you own question! - You don't specify what the HP and existing cisco switches are - However unless you have performace issues which could be fixed by swapping out the HP or you wish to unitise some additional features on the new cisco switch then why change.

The acronym KISS comes to mind!

Keep It Simple, Stupid

res

Paul

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