Help Needed (redundancy Switch)??

[Selyo]

Dears,

I am really new here, this is my first post in this forum.

Apparently I need some experts help so here it goes.

I have an  "HP procurve switch 3500yl-24g (j8692a)" as a core switch, i was requested to implement a redundant core switch.

And I am really confused what to choose.

So if anyone have a suggestions on which switch should i use to use it as a redundancy for my switch?

Thanking you in advance,

[JohnLockie]

Another 3500yl?

Are you running any layer 3 services on this switch?

[cyndering]

check out vrrp in the manuals online

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03512525/c03512525.pdf

Chapat 12

[Peter_Debruyne]

Hi,

If you currently have a 3500 and it handles the requirements (except for the redundancy), I would opt for a stack of 2 3800 switches. Simple to configure, no vrrp, simple trunks to access switches.

Just firmware updates will require downtime,

Hope this helps,Peter.