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RE: Managed, cheap, DC power switches

  • From: Tim Sanderson
  • Date: Wed Jul 16 14:00:11 2008 
2.5K? No way. Get used or refurbished from Network Hardware or similar outlet. We rarely buy new. Used gear works just fine.

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Tim Sanderson, network administrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Bennett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Managed, cheap, DC power switches

I have a need for cheap managed DC power switches for our OSS and
Monitoring (backoffice).  I was wondering what everyone else have
found in this space.  I am currently using Cisco 2950's, but those are
still 2.5K list and seems like too much to spend on something so
trivial.

I am looking for something with:
 * Better port density (48 ports per 1U), but 24 ports would work.
 * IOS like configuration (not needed, but would be nice not to
crosstrain my team)  I really don't want anything that is Web only.
 * CHEAP.  The gear is mostly just for monitoring and big backplanes
and features are not really needed.

Thanks,

Brandon