Help me decide on the choice of Cisco equipment

Question

Cisco

Good afternoon,

What would you advise from the tsiska equipment, according to the following requirements:

1. Something like a mini switch, with min 6 FE ports and 2 SFPs.
2. Switch min 24 ports, with 2 E1 modules and 2 10Gb cards.
3. And for the core level, the supposed piece of iron should include 24 E1 streams and 24 10 Gb each.

Most of all, I'm interested in opinions on #3.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

on point 1: Cisco SRW2008 is really not a tsiska, but Linksys, but there is a tsiska sticker =) but it’s better to buy something from the 2960 series - 24 FastEthernet + 2 SFP
on points 2 and 3, it’s not very clear why such a combination of E1 and 10G, IMHO the place for this is on different pieces of iron.

Answer 2

Ethernet switches with e1 do not exist in nature. You will need a router to terminate e1. And take switches for 10g separately.

Answer 3

Still, what is the sacred meaning of such a hellish combination - combining 10G interfaces and frail E1's? Even 100mb/s channel is enough for them. Maybe the customer is not aware that E1 only pulls 2mb/s? But I'm not sure that the tsiska has a normal solution for collecting so many threads.
What functionality is required from this hypothetical prodigy? Did the customer try to propose a problem instead of a solution?
If you forget about E1, then under item 3, take Nexus 5548UP (attention - it will not master the routing of more than 160Gb / s, but switching is easily line-rate).
According to paragraph 2, it is again not clear whether L3 is needed, and what the tasks will be. But most likely the 3560-X or 3750-X will do.
But for the future - always specify the task. You haven't written anything at all. For example, if according to clause 3 MPLS is required - N5K in flight.

Answer 4

according to paragraphs 2 and 3, unambiguously separate E1 flows and 10G into different pieces of iron. because the tasks are very different.
for E1, these will be 19xx ISR G2 routers (2 ports) or 29xx (4-port cards)
for 10 gigabit switching, these are 3560X (2 ports) and nexuses, but as you were told, you need to look at the task.
I immediately warn you, 24 * 10G will be expensive.