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Stacking Cisco switches with StackWise
08.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

If your switching infrastructure needs something bigger than a standalone LAN switch but not quite as big (and expensive) as a modular chassis, you might want to consider stacking your switches. Cisco offers their StackWise feature on the Cisco Catalyst 3750 series switches, and StackWise Plus on Catalyst 3750-E series. What StackWise basically does is build [...]
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Cisco TelePresence is pretty cool, actually
07.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Yes, this is a glitzy marketing video, and yes, the product itself will probably cost an arm, a leg and selling your soul to the devil, but still I’d quite like to have this and work with it. Of course, that would mean I’d need to shave more often before going to work… You need [...]
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Using EtherChannel for high availability on Cisco switches
07.21.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

When building high availability networks or systems the three golden rules are: No single points of failure All failovers are automatic and swift Use non-proprietary technologies where possible When coupling server to the network I myself quite like using EtherChannel. EtherChannel allows multiple physical Ethernet links to combine into one logical channel, which allows the [...]

Stacking Cisco switches with StackWise