Looking for Cisco equivalent hardware

Have a look at HP switches.

http://www8.hp.com/au/en/products/networking-switches/product-detail.html?oid=5354494

Why on the back?

TO get 8xSFP+ Interfaces you will need a Catalyst 4500-X but thats ALL SFP+,  the smallest model is 16 ports so you would also need SFP-GLC-T's if you want to plug in copper

Pete

Hello,

I agree on the 4500X, its a great product and used a lot for Core and Distribution functions, but I would add;

What are your requirements for 10G?
Going from DELL to Cisco is a cost increase.

Is this your Core Switch or running a Server farm of sort?
If a farm the Cisco Nexus 5548UP might be a good fit.  Then yo can add some 2K's for growth.

If you are just replacing  with like for almost like and not too concerned with backend speed the Meraki
MS420-48: 48 Port 10 GbE Aggregation Switch might be a good fit also.

It all boils down to what the function is and budget.

Hope this helps

Thanks

Gents,

My requirement is to design using Dell N3048 and provide a comparable model in Cisco. This is a core switch. I want stack model and not a chassis model.

Hi,

the 4500X is a 1U and not a chassis.  The Meraki switches are also 1U.

I seems that a lot of switches have 4 SFTP ports along with copper.  The Dell seems to be a somewhat unique one with 8.  But

One model the Cisco 3850 has an uplink module with 8 10GB ports.
snippet from data sheet:

Five optional uplink modules[2] with 4 x Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet[3], 8 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet4, or 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+[4] ports

4500X is good, can I stack 2 x 4500x? This will create one core.

and I want to have 2nd core with 2 x 4500x and the link between the 2 cores I want to have 40 Gig.

can you please let me know if that can be done with this model.

I would like to configure PORT CHANNEL by bundelling 4 X 10 GB link between the two.

Thanks,