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Thank you - I'd never heard of any &quot;legality&quot; or &quot;official&quot; iSCSI anything either, which is why the question threw me...
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Thank you - I'd never heard of any "legality" or "official" iSCSI anything either, which is why the question threw me...

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I've been asked the following questions:<br />
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1.) &nbsp; &nbsp;Will a 3560 support iscsi? (legally?) It is doing it today, but is it recommended?<br />
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2.) &nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Company&quot; needs 2 non-blocking switches 24 or 48 port, whatever they decide…. These will be put in place to handle iscsi storage. What would recommend? 2960 or 3750?<br />
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&quot;legally&quot;? &nbsp; I understand the concepts of &quot;line rate&quot; and &quot;non-blocking&quot;... from a Cisco standpoint, the new 3X-K and 2960-X switches are both advertised as &quot;line rate&quot;. &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
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To the above questions, though - is there such a thing as &quot;legal&quot; iSCSI support? &nbsp;Is it sufficient to claim a line rate switch as being iSCSI-compatible, etc?<br />
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The more detail/links, the better - thanks, folks!<br />
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I've been asked the following questions:

1.)    Will a 3560 support iscsi? (legally?) It is doing it today, but is it recommended?

2.)    "Company" needs 2 non-blocking switches 24 or 48 port, whatever they decide…. These will be put in place to handle iscsi storage. What would recommend? 2960 or 3750?
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"legally"?   I understand the concepts of "line rate" and "non-blocking"... from a Cisco standpoint, the new 3X-K and 2960-X switches are both advertised as "line rate".     

To the above questions, though - is there such a thing as "legal" iSCSI support?  Is it sufficient to claim a line rate switch as being iSCSI-compatible, etc?

The more detail/links, the better - thanks, folks!

 
 


Cisco iSCSI switching - &quot;legal&quot; vs &quot;line rate&quot;

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Cisco iSCSI switching - &quot;legal&quot; vs &quot;line rate&quot;

Cisco iSCSI switching - "legal" vs "line rate"