I have a customer who currently has the following Blade Switches and would like to replace them with Cisco Blade Switches. Can someone recommend what will be the Cisco alternative for the following HP Switches:
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HP 6120G/XG:
Designed by HP Networking for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch provides sixteen 1Gb downlinks, four 1Gb copper uplinks, two 1Gb SFP uplinks along with three 10Gb uplinks and a single 10Gb cross-connect. A robust set of industry standard Layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely capable switch. The 6120G/XG is perfectly suited for datacenters in transition where a mix of 1Gb and 10Gb network connections are required. The 6120G/XG is one of several HP Networking data center solutions for blade enclosures that provides consistency and interoperability across existing network investments to help reduce the complexity of network management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies. With a variety of connection interfaces the 6120G/XG switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational expense.
HP 6120/XG
Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem and HP Integrity Superdome 2 enclosure, the HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch provides sixteen 10Gb downlinks and eight 10G SFP+ uplinks (including a dual personality CX4 and SFP+ 10G uplink, and two 10Gb cross-connects). A robust set of industry standard Layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely capable switch. The 6120XG is perfectly suited for datacenters migrating to next generation 10Gb high performance architectures. With support of dual speed (1Gb/10Gb) on the uplinks and Converged Enhanced Ethernet ( CEE ) capability, the 6120XG provides true future proofing and investment protection. The 6120XG blade switch brings consistency and interoperability across existing network investments to help reduce the complexity of network management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies. With a variety of connection interfaces, the 6120XG switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational expense
