Switch restarts

[NormMuelleman]

So, I was just curious. Is there any Cisco recommended interval for starting or rebooting a switch? We've got some switches that have been up over 2 years without a fresh reboot. I know they aren't like a Windows PC, which needs a fresh reboot every once in a while to update .dlls and kernel threads, etc.

[mvsheik123]

Nope. Nothing like that for Cisco or as matter of fact any network gear. They are designed to run without any scheduled reboots.

hth

MS

[Leo Laohoo]

I reboot my switches 4 times a year.

Alot of network admin don't want to reboot routers and switches because they can't be certain that the appliance (and associate components and/or line cards) will come up.