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Thank you for your response and for the tip on the HP switches. &nbsp;I actually got an engineer on the phone, explained what we needed and we ordered them.<br />
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Thank you again!<br />
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-Scott<br />

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Thank you for your response and for the tip on the HP switches.  I actually got an engineer on the phone, explained what we needed and we ordered them.

Thank you again!

-Scott


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We have a rack in a data center and we just purchased another rack where we will move some of our production servers. &nbsp;I am looking at replacing network switches in the current rack as well as putting a new one in the new rack.<br />
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We have 2 VLANS setup, one for the public network and one for the private network. &nbsp;I would like to be able to extend that VLAN to a second switch and it appears I can do that with cascading the two switches.<br />
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I am looking for recommendations on network switches that will do this - extend a VLAN across additional switches.<br />
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PS - It does NOT have to be Cisco, in many ways we actually prefer it not to be since we are a small shop and find the setup features in other switches more to our liking.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
<br />
-Scott<br />

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We have a rack in a data center and we just purchased another rack where we will move some of our production servers.  I am looking at replacing network switches in the current rack as well as putting a new one in the new rack.

We have 2 VLANS setup, one for the public network and one for the private network.  I would like to be able to extend that VLAN to a second switch and it appears I can do that with cascading the two switches.

I am looking for recommendations on network switches that will do this - extend a VLAN across additional switches.

PS - It does NOT have to be Cisco, in many ways we actually prefer it not to be since we are a small shop and find the setup features in other switches more to our liking.

Thank you!

-Scott


Cascading multiple switches together

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Networking

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