which switch for a new 16 floor Building

[Patrick Evans]

Hi Guys.  

I am in the process of designing a network for a 16 floor building.  The network is going to Include around 400 IP Cameras- all POE or UPOE going back to a central location.  Everything is going to be Multicasting. My questions are:

What switches should be used?  I was thinking 3750-X with Dual 1100w power for the core switches and for UPOE devices drawing 50w each.  

Some floors are only going to have 20 POE+ devices on so what to use for those? they need to be multicast capable.

What about network design?   Can I daisy chain say 4 floors at a time so 4x4

So many more questions,  This is my first complete network design so i want to be sure i have thought of everything.

Thanks 

[Ferdinand Guasque]

Hi Patrick, if you are still in the proposal stages it might be best to list how many you will need for each floor and as Isgabrillo pointed out you will have to know how many ports you will use and a possibility of expanding a bit more per floor in case they decide to add a few more devices unto a floor. for more information or further assistance please feel free to send me an email. hope this helps!

Thanks,

Fguasque@cisco.com