What can we do on a switch /switching

[connect101]

Hello,

What can we do on a switch?

Is there a link that can explain all technology that can be implemented on a switch ?

Best regards

[Marwan ALshawi]

u asking about a broad thing

u can do routing

u can do switching

u can do filtering

u can add firewall modul do firewalling

u can do QoS

u can do policing

u can do trunking

u can do power over ethernet

u can do pact capturing

and so on ....

[connect101]

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

And now What can I say to my customer,

What can I do that the customer will understand these technology.My customer don't know thecnical language.

[garytayl]

Maybe you can try to explain the benefits he will gain with switches and put aside (at the beginning at least) what switches actually do.

Some benefits are listed at:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/products_category_business_benefits.html

[connect101]

Thank you,

If I want to do the High Level Design, then I have to do a site survey.

So I will ask the customer about their need.

And I won't ask them with a technical language (VLAN,STP,COS...) but with a comprehensible language.

Is there a checklist somewhere about switching.

With this checklist I will be able to determine the exact technology that I will implement for them.

Best Regards

[garytayl · Accepted solution]

Only thing close to it that I'm aware of is the Product Advisory located at:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/products_category_additional_resources.html

After you finish with a couple of initial requirements, you can check all or some of the switches and hit on "Compare" that will give you a list of "features" you may use as a checklist.

Hope it helps...

[Nagendra Kumar Nainar]

There are different series of switches. Few are layer 2 and few are layer 3. The below link will give you an idea...

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/index.html