Mostly everyone I talked to during the supply chain issue had a different explanation, and all of them seemed feasible. Some people had it pegged as a Copyright issue with the ASA hardware design. Others said Cisco was hanging onto their inventory until Q2 to offset some acquisitions. Then there was the fact that to run the new ASA images, customers were going to have to upgrade the memory on their devices. Also, the manufacturer of one the chips on the ASA board ran out of them. Somali pirates seized a ship full of ASAs? The oil spill? Global warming? Space aliens?

Whatever the case, we’re now seeing the ASAs coming back into distribution, and the prices for used devices are starting to return back to where they should be. Here is the Cisco ASA list pricing. If you’d like a quote on a new or used device, contact us

WS-C4510R with WS-X4516-10GE

Complete config:

-1x WS-X4516-10GE
-6x WS-X4248-RJ45V
-1x WS-X4448-GBRJ45
-2x PWR-C45-2800ACV

Here is another fully configured machine:

4510R chassis w/ WS-X4516 sup engine

Complete config:

-1x WS-C4510R
-1x WS-X4516
-6x WS-X4148-RJ45
-1x WS-X4448-GBRJ45
-2x PWR-C45-2800ACV

These are just examples of configurations that we can build, feel free to build your own and request a quote.

Machines are fully configured and tested at our location. We also provide a one-year warranty on all hardware. Hit the contact tab if you have any questions!

CCNP lab #1 Small budget, under $400
CCNP lab #2 Medium budget, under $800
CCNP lab #3 Large budget, under $1200

These are only suggestions. Wendell is having a contest (via this post challenging people to come up with a different lab that falls within the budget. If you have any ideas, head to that post and let him know!

Cisco this week is unveiling a switch and a router designed to help utilities construct IP-based infrastructures for power delivery, monitoring and control.

Cisco has said it expects the market for smart grid communications infrastructure to be $20 billion annually over five years.

The new products are the Connected Grid Router 2010 (CGR 2010) and Connected Grid Switch 2520 (CGR 2520). Both run Cisco’s IOS software and are based on existing Cisco products for enterprise networks, but support power utility-specific standards and protocols, such as supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA.

Cisco is really pushing power lately, which isn’t surprising since that’s what everyone cares about these days.

The demand for Cisco’s last “green” switches, the 3560V2 and 3750V2 have yet to make a splash on the used market. Although what could be more green than purchasing a pre-owned switch, that uses half the electricity of its predecessor? Nothing.

Here is Cisco list price on the V2 switches. Please contact me for used pricing.

VSS SUPs:

SUP32s:

SUP720s:

We will discuss a wide variety of topics here, but mostly used and refurbished Cisco equipment. Pricing, availability, how to order, where to sell your hardware and lots more. Stay tuned!