Routed Access Hardware Companion - Cisco Catalyst Fixed Configuration Switches
If you read our campus design guide, you know that we identified the Routed access topology as the ultimate design for high availability in the campus network. So what Cisco stackable switches should you use to run the Routed Access?
Assuming a 10 Gigabit backbone, here’s our list of requirements: IP Base feature set, 2 10 Gigabit uplinks, 15.4 watts of Power over Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Access Ports.
Given the requirement for 10 gigabit uplinks, our pool of options immediately narrows to 3 choices: The Catalyst 3850/3650 series, the catalyst 3750-X and the non-stacking catalyst 3560-X series, and the catalyst 3750-E and catalyst 3560-E series.