I need your assistance on which 10GigE switch to purchase, please. A certain constraint makes this more complicated than usual (I believe). Objective, Constraint, Requirements outlined below.
Objective
Objective
- Provide 10GigE connectivity between (a) virtualization server, (b) FreeNAS server, and (c) 1 workstation, where (a) and (b) are colocated in a home server closet and (c) is in my home office wired via Cat5E.
- I would opt for a 1000BASE-T Fiber solution, if not for that single workstation in my office wired via Cat5e. There is no way to run fiber there as it is a condo.
- Note the below requirements are representative of my knowledge at the moment.
- 2 1000BASE-T Fiber ports (preferable to Copper as I believe they are more cost effective) to link switch to (a) virtualization server and (b) FreeNAS server. Note: No network interface purchased yet for either so I can go either fiber or copper route.
- 1 10GBASE-T Copper port to link to (c) 1 workstation. I should note that I do have 4 Cat5e ports available to that workstation. Could they be aggregated somehow to provide 4 Gbps? If an option I don't know how to do so as Win10 doesn't support NIC teaming. Ideally I end up with 10GigE over Cat5e though. Note: New 10GigE network interface will replace the Gigabit NIC currently being used.
- 1 1000BASE-T Copper port to connect the 10GigE switch to existing Cisco SG-300-20T switch (which connects to all Ethernet ports in my condo). Note: If a solution is proposed that allows me to remove this switch from play, that would be fine. While Layer3 capable, it is currently being used in Layer2 mode.