BPS2000 vs. Baystack 450 24-T

[bcbear]

Given the choice of these two switches, which is better? Kind of a broad question, but I don't need both and am selling the least configurable one. They both seem to function the same, but I've heard the 2000 has some quirks to it. Anyone out there worked with both?

Thanks

 

[jimbopalmer]

I have 2 BPSs and about 55 450s

the added features of the BPS are 1) DiffServ QOS in addition to the 802.1p QOS of the 450 and 2) 4 hardware prioritys instead of the 450s 2 hardware prioritys


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[bcbear]

I understand the hardware priorities difference, but the rest was all greek to me. I am just a novice experimenting with these switches, and would like to learn more. I take it the BPS is more flexible than the 450 and would be the better choice?

Thanks

 

[jimbopalmer]

Yes, the BPS is the better switch, if you need to prioritize your traffic, the 450 can do 802.1p priority, which is useful inside a given VLAN, while the BPS can do DiffServ which some routers use to prioritze traffic between subnets or VLANs.

The BPS also has a web management interface in addition to the serial, telnet, smnp. and java interfaces of the 450

A BPS can serve as the base of a stack wich includes 450s, adding its intellegnce to the entire stack.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.