What modules should I put in my 3640?

fun20

Myself and a few of my co-workers have pooled our monies together in order to get some better equipment for the CCNA, CCNP, CCVP courses. I'm coming up short on what modules I should put in my three 3640 routers. I was leaing towards NM-2E2W x 3, NM-4 A/S x3. But I'm not sure if that will be useful for our purposes. Any help would be great.

Equipment so far:

3640 x3
2950 x3
7640 x2

Looking for a good access server. Any ideas?

darkuser

um ....

the ones that best suit your needs ?

fun20

Thats the problem I'm not sure what needs I'm trying to suit.

tiersten

For the access server, get a NM-16A, NM-32A, 2509 or a 2511. You can get HWIC ones as well but they're expensive and won't fit any of your hardware anyway.

kryolla

You are going to need a ethernet module, a serial module, a module to hold vic cards. Also the 3640 does not support 12.5 when it comes out. You might look at picking some 2600xm which support 12.5 with max memory they also come with ethernet capability.

mikej412

fun20 wrote:

I was leaing towards NM-2E2W x 3, NM-4 A/S x3.

That's a good start. You may want at lease one NM-1FE1-TX for trunking.

My basic 3640 config, unless I'm trying to match a CCIE Workbook configuration exactly, is 1 NM-2E2W (with 1 WIC-1T), NM-4A/S, NM-1FE-TX (for ease and speed of upgrading IOS images).

For a while the NM-4A/s modules were cheaper than 2 WIC-1T cards, so that's why I went with them.

Netwurk

hey Mike, before everyone gets worried about 12.5 support, please reassure them that the current CCNA and CCNP exams don't go beyond 12.4

or correct me if I'm wrong

mikej412

Netwurk wrote:

please reassure them that the current CCNA and CCNP exams don't go beyond 12.4

Actually, I was wondering which 12.4 specific features are being covered in the current exams.

Heck -- 12.2 probably still covers 95%+ of the topics.

Anyone seen any 12.4+ topics yet?