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Cisco vs Avaya switches to go with an Avaya IP Office phone system?

Hello,

We are in the process of replacing our very old phone system. The decision has been made to go with Avaya IP and digital phones (IP Office). We would like to upgrade our switches at the same time. Currently have Cisco Catalyst 3560, Cisco Catalyst 3548 & Cisco Catalyst 3524 switches. the newest one purchased in 2007 has some ports failing. None are PoE. All are 10/100.

What would be the recommended path to take - Avaya 3500 Series or Cisco replacement switches?

Thank you for any comments/suggestions.
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After additional research and conversations we decided to go with the 2960X. Thank you for your suggestions.
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you mentioned going with digital phones
so you won't need POE switches
Thank you D-Vante, but our phone system had digital and VoIP, so we did need POE switches. We completed the installation this past February. Ended up going with Cisco and Avaya.
good choice   I have 3 clients with the same setup, works great