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For the core layer, you may need a switch that can do layer 3 routing, such as the 3750. &nbsp;And this network is small enough, that you may not need a distribution layer.
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For the core layer, you may need a switch that can do layer 3 routing, such as the 3750.  And this network is small enough, that you may not need a distribution layer.

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Thank you. &nbsp;What about stacking? Should I stack the switches? &nbsp;Would it make sense to purchase SFP+ 10G modules for the uplinks, or should I just stick with SFP 1G and use etherchannel?<br />
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I'm concerned that 2Gbps is going to be a bottle neck if a bunch of servers/users are transferring data. Is 10G overkill for this?
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Thank you.  What about stacking? Should I stack the switches?  Would it make sense to purchase SFP+ 10G modules for the uplinks, or should I just stick with SFP 1G and use etherchannel?

I'm concerned that 2Gbps is going to be a bottle neck if a bunch of servers/users are transferring data. Is 10G overkill for this?

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I am going to be designing a network around 200 users, 4 vSphere hosts with about 200 VM's total. I have a $25k budget. PoE is required for 3 x 48 ports.<br />
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I was thinking..<br />
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CORE = 2960XR-I 24x<br />
DIST/ACCESS = 2960X-LP 48x (PoE) x 3<br />
ACCESS/TOR = 2960X-L 48x x 2<br />
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Any suggestions?
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I am going to be designing a network around 200 users, 4 vSphere hosts with about 200 VM's total. I have a $25k budget. PoE is required for 3 x 48 ports.

I was thinking..

CORE = 2960XR-I 24x
DIST/ACCESS = 2960X-LP 48x (PoE) x 3
ACCESS/TOR = 2960X-L 48x x 2

Any suggestions?

Cisco Network Design

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.