Have been setting up my 6450 and 6610 switches that are replacing some very limited or aged equipment on my rack. The old POE switch maxed out at 100mb, so finally moving over to full 1gb is great.
Beyond the obvious points of more ports and speed, I am extremely impressed with the configuration and management options of these two switches. I can control and monitor just about everything I can think of, right down to the individual power consumption of each poe port, and even set poe limitations.
I never worked in a data center, always wrote software, so when it comes to playing with this enterprise level equipment, it's all new to me how convenient this hardware can be. Consumer grade hardware that I have been using over the past 40 years just doesn't compare, and this enterprise grade equipment is cheaper (when used) as well.
Feeling like a kid in a candy store.
Also feels like I just stole these things off the back of a truck with the price they are going for compared to consumer-grade equipment/features.
Beyond the obvious points of more ports and speed, I am extremely impressed with the configuration and management options of these two switches. I can control and monitor just about everything I can think of, right down to the individual power consumption of each poe port, and even set poe limitations.
I never worked in a data center, always wrote software, so when it comes to playing with this enterprise level equipment, it's all new to me how convenient this hardware can be. Consumer grade hardware that I have been using over the past 40 years just doesn't compare, and this enterprise grade equipment is cheaper (when used) as well.
Feeling like a kid in a candy store.
Also feels like I just stole these things off the back of a truck with the price they are going for compared to consumer-grade equipment/features.