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Datacenter Upgrade - Design Question
Everyone - thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
I inherited a flat network design and am working on a datacenter evolution that will include an overhaul of bad wiring, no labeling and unorganized system.
With that - the previous admin had some decent parts to work with.
The main switch is an HP Procurve 5406 with 192 gigabit ports.
I am thinking of redoing two servers racks to include 2 (1 in each) - top of rack solutions to begin the "re-design" and improvements.
So - Rack 1 and Rack 2 - I would add one of these to each:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Procurve-J9050A-2900-48G-48-port-Gig-swith-with-Dual-CX4-10GB-uplink-/281899832599?hash=item41a28a1517:g:Is0AAOSwJkJWir~-
I would then remove one of the 24 port modules from the 5406 switch and replace it with this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-J8708A-HP-ProCurve-4-Port-10GbE-CX4-5400zl-Expansion-Module-J8434A-/192155509102?hash=item2cbd5c616e:g:zP8AAOSwB-1Y7UEX
The next thought would be to connect to the two top of rack switches to the 5406 with these cables:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-JD365A-X230-Local-Connect-Infiniband-Cable-3m-10GBase-CX4-CX4-10Gbps-/361927247586?hash=item54448b86e2:g:yd8AAOSwhQhYxnYM
What do you think?
I inherited a flat network design and am working on a datacenter evolution that will include an overhaul of bad wiring, no labeling and unorganized system.
With that - the previous admin had some decent parts to work with.
The main switch is an HP Procurve 5406 with 192 gigabit ports.
I am thinking of redoing two servers racks to include 2 (1 in each) - top of rack solutions to begin the "re-design" and improvements.
So - Rack 1 and Rack 2 - I would add one of these to each:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Procurve-J9050A-2900-48G-48-port-Gig-swith-with-Dual-CX4-10GB-uplink-/281899832599?hash=item41a28a1517:g:Is0AAOSwJkJWir~-
I would then remove one of the 24 port modules from the 5406 switch and replace it with this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-J8708A-HP-ProCurve-4-Port-10GbE-CX4-5400zl-Expansion-Module-J8434A-/192155509102?hash=item2cbd5c616e:g:zP8AAOSwB-1Y7UEX
The next thought would be to connect to the two top of rack switches to the 5406 with these cables:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-JD365A-X230-Local-Connect-Infiniband-Cable-3m-10GBase-CX4-CX4-10Gbps-/361927247586?hash=item54448b86e2:g:yd8AAOSwhQhYxnYM
What do you think?
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You're welcome
Always use trunk port -- for redundancy
Always use trunk port -- for redundancy
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Thanks for the quick response and advise
You're welcome -- take your time plan out well and document as you go.
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This would be my first dive into 10GB and even perhaps VLAN's - so it is a little scary.