RE: Network Design

Yes, there is a WAN and a L2 circuit to our remote backup site and on this
circuit SAN replication traffic flows.

Yes, it runs BGP.

> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:54:24 +0100
> Subject: Re: Network Design
> From: mothafungla_at_gmail.com
> To: ebay_products_at_hotmail.com
> CC: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>
> is their a WAN that the 3945 connects to? does it run BGP?
>
> a good design IMO is something that has dual links & meshed to account
> for single link/device failure scenarios, but is engineered enough to
> ensure no asymmetric routing /. routing blackholes and routing loops,
> run FHRP consider that your inbound/outbound routing or east to west
> is tested prior to production
>
> if you have the 3750-x then get two this makes them stackable and one
> less problem should the single device fail
>
> BR
>
> Tony
>
> On 31 March 2013 03:44, Cisco Fanatic <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > My company hired a contractor who is a CCIE and I have learned some good
> > things from him. But, still one question which I am not able to understand
and
> > can't get an answer for - What is considered a good network design? The
answer
> > I always get is "it depends". Understand that, so let me simplify in
layman
> > terms so that I can grasp the concept ...
> > What is recommended if say you have a router (say 3945), a switch (say
6509)
> > and access switches (3750x). How does this fit in "The Cisco
Three-Layered
> > Hierarchical Model".
> > Should I consider 3945 as Core and 6509 as Distribution and configure
> > InterVLAN routing on the 6509, OR, it's the other way around?
> > -yuri
> >
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