topic Switch selection in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5008#M498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>FAS2040 owners, I'm curious what switches you have selected and if you like them. I know the Cisco 3750 is pretty common, but I think it is probably overkill for our setup. I'm leaning towards some Juniper options. I'm not 100% sure if we'll go with separate or stacked switches. We'll be using the FAS2040 for NFS (vmware) and CIFS.</P><P>Thanks for your input.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:31:59 GMT TEST_DESIGNS 2025-06-05T06:31:59Z Switch selection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5008#M498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>FAS2040 owners, I'm curious what switches you have selected and if you like them. I know the Cisco 3750 is pretty common, but I think it is probably overkill for our setup. I'm leaning towards some Juniper options. I'm not 100% sure if we'll go with separate or stacked switches. We'll be using the FAS2040 for NFS (vmware) and CIFS.</P><P>Thanks for your input.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:31:59 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5008#M498 TEST_DESIGNS 2025-06-05T06:31:59Z Re: Switch selection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5012#M499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dell 6000 series i.e. 6248 are very similar to the 3750 but half the cost. You do need decent switches with good size buffers for IP storage such as these or you could hit problems.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:15:24 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5012#M499 Willybobs27 2012-03-20T18:15:24Z Re: Switch selection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5019#M500 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well, I was hoping for more people to respond, but oh well. Hey, thanks for your input.</P><P></P><P>Matt</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:19:59 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5019#M500 TEST_DESIGNS 2012-04-05T17:19:59Z Re: Switch selection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5023#M501 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In Cisco land using stacked switches lets you create EtherChannel groups that span across physical switches in the stack. This gives you the advantage of an EtherChannel-to-VIF connection between the switch and the storage controller without the dependency on a single physical switch. Don't know about Dell or Juniper but they may do something similar. </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:41:36 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Switch-selection/m-p/5023#M501 akw_white 2012-04-06T02:41:36Z