Replacing 3524's and 3548's

[dcmsupport]

my network consists of the normal CORE (2 CAT6506), Distribution (Cat3550 12g, and Access Cat3524 and 3548) I will be upgrading the 3550's and 3500xl's. I have 3 sets of 4 of the 3500xl's "chained" together through the fiber ports going back to 2 separate 3550's. Each "set" is in a separate VLAN. The question I have is should I upgrade to 3750's or to 4948's and combine the access and distribution layers into one combined layer?

Thanks for any responses

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Marc Westberg

mwestberg at deephavenfunds dot com

[cpembleton]

It is always better to follow a good hierarchical design. Makes it easier to grow and make changes. Although, each network is different.

Thanks,

Chad

[dcmsupport]

Chad,

You are saying I should keep the original Core,Dist,and Access topology? If so what switch upgrade path would you recommend. I.E what maodel for the dist and access. I like the thought of 96Mb/s throughput(backplane) on the 4948 for the access layer, but what would you use for the distribution layer.

Thanks for your thoughts,

MArc