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  • Wizard-X
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2004
    • 111

    #1

    Cisco hardware question

    I know this may be out of the arena a bit, but I am giving it a shot.

    This is a server farm of about 130 linux servers. About 40 are on optical gigabit. Others (unknown amount) are on copper gigabit.

    My client can't tell me for sure, but he thinks the model of the switch is a Cisco 5500. Is the 5500 capable of this? i have done some research and I can't imagine them being able to cram this many optical/copper ports into one of those things AND still connect another 80 or so 10/100 ports. I haven't seen the setup yet, so I am in the dark and trying to map out how this works before i go in there. Anybody know if a 5500 is capable of 50+ gigabit connections?

    Also, I need to get a small form factor optical connector to hook into a netgear switch to add an additional 25 dual opterons to copper gigabit (netgear is a GS524T i think). Any ideas?

    Client is incapable of logging into the switch to print out any diagnostics.
  • Magg
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2004
    • 4467

    #2
    The 5500 series is EOL, and Im pretty sure that neither of the 5500 models support 50GigE ports.

    Youre not going to be able to fit all those servers onto that one switch, you're better off getting a couple of lower end ones and daisy chaining them off the 5500


    You're better off asking this question here:

    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumd...?s=&forumid=44
    Last edited by Magg; 11-27-2004, 08:35 PM.

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    • Wizard-X
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2004
      • 111

      #3
      Thanks for the link.

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