09-21-2010 07:01 AM - edited 03-06-2019 01:06 PM
Hey guys,
I am going to be setting up a network w/ Gigabit switches. The vendor requires that the switches be fully redundant with one working uplink and one standby. I also may be setting up VLANs w/ security rules. I am looking at Cisco Catalyst WS-C3560E-24TD-SD switches for this, as the fabric looks good for my needs. Can you guys provide any info as to how this is setup or if these switches are even capable of this?
Thanks!
09-21-2010 07:07 AM
Hey guys,
I am going to be setting up a network w/ Gigabit switches. The vendor requires that the switches be fully redundant with one working uplink and one standby. I also may be setting up VLANs w/ security rules. I am looking at Cisco Catalyst WS-C3560E-24TD-SD switches for this, as the fabric looks good for my needs. Can you guys provide any info as to how this is setup or if these switches are even capable of this?
Thanks!
Not really enough information.
Are you talking about just 2 switches and the clients are directly connected to the switches ?
When you talk about uplinks, uplinks to what ?
Generally speaking for servers/clients you can setup HSRP so one switch is active for a vlan and the other standby and then have the reverse for another vlan. Both switches are active in forwarding traffic.
The 3560s are L3 capable switches so they should be able to do most things you want eg. NAT is not available on these switches for example, but without a bit more info, especially how many switches, how they will be interconnected, what will be connected to the switches and what the uplinks are for it's difficult to be more precise.
Jon
09-21-2010 07:13 AM
Hello,
Yes, the 3560 is very capable of redundant uplinks and there are a couple of ways to do it depending on your network setup.
What part of the network is your 3560 located in? If it's an access/distribution layer, do you have a dual-core design? What are you "uplinking" to? Anothe switch? a router?
You could:
As for VLAN security, you can use VACLs to control traffic at the MAC address level, or the 3560 can also do inter-vlan routing which would allow you do filter at layer 3 referencing a regular ACL.
HTH
09-21-2010 07:33 AM
09-22-2010 05:27 AM
Also, would I just use portfast on all interfaces? I will be connecting the two switches together with a cat6 i would imagine. The metaswitch and calix will have redundant GigE cards for failover, one will be active and one standby. I appreciate the help guys.
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