Youve hit the nail on the head - I think many of these "appliance" vendors are in the market of pushing an upgrade that requires hardware becase they can. Microsoft did it with that thing they called Vista. Why should others be different?
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From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W. (NS) [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Need to upgrade Server hardware....
Jeremy,
We had to migrate *off* Cisco hardware to our Dell servers precisely because Cisco decided to EOL the old hardware. Most of that old hardware is still in use in our organization.
I do not see how Cisco/HP hardware will have a longer end-of-life than any other hardware vendor. If anything, Cisco tries to EOL quickly in order to push the upgrade cycle.
Bruce Osborne
Liberty University
From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeremy McGuinn (jemcguin)
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [CLEANACCESS] Need to upgrade Server hardware....
Bruce and Michael,
I understand your concerns about your internal end-of-life plans vs Cisco introducing the appliance, but lets be reasonable. All applications have changing hardware requirements depending on the version you are using.
Changing to a Cisco appliance may have many advantages over third party hardware especially when it comes to Cisco’s control over developing the upgrade process, and in the long run it could be less expensive because of the fact that the appliance is Cisco hardware and will have a longer end-of-life.
I am just knuckle dragging engineer so please contact your account team reps for a full cost justification of migrating to an appliance. Then you can judge if it makes sense, and you will have a short/long term cost justification for management.
Regards,
Jeremy
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From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W. (NS)
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:37 PM
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Subject: Re: Need to upgrade Server hardware....
Todd,
So, does this mean that those of us that are using our own hardware will either need to re-purchase them with appliances or move to a different NAC solution?
That’s a great upgrade plan!
Bruce Osborne
Liberty University
From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joyce, Todd N
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [CLEANACCESS] Need to upgrade Server hardware....
From Cisco Live (Networkers) here is what I learned -
All 4.5 and higher will require the new Cisco hardware
4.5 Due in late Fall (Oct/Nov)
4.6 Due in Spring (March/April)
Todd Joyce
Network Services
Radford University – The Smart Choice
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From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators on behalf of Mike Linval
Sent: Mon 7/7/2008 11:54 AM
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Subject: Need to upgrade Server hardware....
So we run CCA software on our own hardware, have since before Cisco
purchased it. We are going to replace our hardware and so I went to the
Cisco website to check on supported hardware.
Is the supported hardware info up to date? We use Dell and they dont even
offer some of the supported hardware specified in the document. Also, does
CCA support quad-core processors?
Thanks for the help
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