{"id":435,"date":"2023-08-12T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/?p=435"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T20:54:48","slug":"new-switch-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/12\/new-switch-time-again\/","title":{"rendered":"New Switch Time Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been gradually transitioning to becoming a 100% Dell switching college. Currently, I manage 216 switches, primarily consisting of the Dell N2048\/N3048 range for edge switching, with some older campuses still utilizing Cisco 2960S &amp; 2960G switches.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to procure 28 new switches, I reached out to our Dell account manager for pricing on N3048EP-ON&#8217;s or similar models. Dell informed us that the range was being discontinued and a new edge switch model was in development, but details were under NDA. They offered existing N3048EP stock at inflated prices, which we deemed unjustifiable for classroom deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite waiting six months with no updates on the new switches, and an additional three months of silence, we began considering alternative brands. Wanting to maintain simplicity, we consulted with a supplier who mentioned Cisco&#8217;s attractive deals on the C9200 range. Though double the price of Dell switches, we proceeded with the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately two months later, the Cisco switches arrived. (The public Sector buying process is never simple and quick)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4852.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4853.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the fun to install them all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-07-103509.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1912\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been gradually transitioning to becoming a 100% Dell switching college. Currently, I manage 216 switches, primarily consisting of the Dell N2048\/N3048 range for edge switching, with some older campuses still utilizing Cisco 2960S &amp; 2960G switches. Seeking to procure 28 new switches, I reached out to our Dell account manager for pricing on N3048EP-ON&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cisco","category-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidirwin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}