HP ProCurve 2650 vs Cisco Catalyst 2960/3550: what to choose for access switches in an office network?

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Evgeny Ferapontov2014-10-10 11:50:49

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Evgeny Ferapontov, 2014-10-10 11:50:49

Small network: two rooms with about 30 people each, ten Wi-Fi clients, a server farm. Of the functionality, probably only 802.1q, LACP is required, in the future QoS and radius may be needed. I myself want Cisco, of course, but I strongly doubt that their capabilities will be used at least 10%.
PS I had no business with HP Networking before, I will be glad if you describe the pitfalls.
UPD: There was an option to take the Cisco WS-C3550-48-SMI.

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Evgeny Ferapontov, 2014-10-13
@e1ferapontov

In short, as a result, the authorities gave up, brand new Cisco SF300-48s are coming to us.
Thanks to all.

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throughtheether, 2014-10-10
@throughtheether

In my opinion, the network is quite simple, the requirements are not the most difficult, but it is better to choose 3550.
Pros:
- when your network grows from one L2 segment, 3550 can be reconfigured (using its L3 capabilities)
- more "buttons and levers" - a more varied set-up experience for you
The only thing is, if you need gigabit uplinks for communication between rooms (which I doubt), you will need to buy additional modules.
As for HP ProCurve, I remember a less convenient cli interface compared to cisco / juniper and strange terminology (what I used to call portchannel / etherchannel / aggregated ethernet is called Trunk in HP terms).

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Cool Admin, 2014-10-10
@ifaustrue

If you doubt about the capabilities of a cisco (and for example it is a little expensive for you), then you can take Mikrotik switches.
HP should not be taken - there may be problems with the guarantee and supplies.

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Kirill 1, 2014-10-10
@SmileyK

@e1ferapontov take cisco don't take HP didn't work with HP before but I ran into it and my brain was in a state of being broken.
@ifaustrue I have not seen switches from Mikrotik with more than 5 ports, do they really have something from 24 or 48 port pieces of iron?

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mikes, 2014-10-10
@mikes

I will express a seditious thought, but why for so small as

Of the functionality, probably only 802.1q, LACP is required, in the future QoS and radius may be needed.

not take Dlink 3200 series?