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I have some Catalyst 4510R+E switches for the taking. Will I regret my life choices if I use them as L2/L3 switches? Yes, I know they are EoL. Yes, I know the ports are oversubscribed. I'm fine even with the 6 Gbps per slot bandwidth of classic modules. Yes, I know they are power hogs. That being said, if I load a switch up with 384 SFP ports, it looks like it will only use about 1 KW of power. ...