cisco WS-C2948G-L3, on the edge??
I'm looking for someone who has experience with the Cisco 2948G-L3.
We were looking at building out a new network presence. We will be starting with a GigE fiber from verio, and blending in Level 3 within the next year as it grows.
Initially, I was requesting quotes for 6500 stuff, and comming back at $10K to $15K each. With hot spares, thats almost double to have a reliable network. Definatly right in line for what you get, but quite a bit overkill for only moving a couple hundred meg/sec.
In the course of my adventures, I was pointed to the 2948G-L3. Its a layer 3 switch that supports BGP protical. The idea would be to get the network up and get traffic established. Once it passes a couple hundred meg, I can justify the 6500. BUT, if I can run a reliable network off of the 2948G-L3 up to a reasonable amount of traffic I think it would be a good investment to start smaller and build up larger later.
Any thoughts, suggestions, experience with this unit?
