[c-nsp] Catalyst vs. Nexus

Nick Hilliard nick at inex.ie
Wed Sep 9 06:50:47 EDT 2009


On 09/09/2009 11:43, Todd, Douglas M. wrote:
> 1) MPLS the 7K is VRF Light syle

it's EARL8, so it's mpls capable at a hardware level.

> 3) Nexus STP is RSTP not pvst+

The N5K supports pvst+:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9670/data_sheet_c78-461802.html

> 	OSPF is configured mostly under the interface (passive-interface,
> process # vs globally)

That's a change for the better.  The IOS style ospfv2 configuration is all 
wrong.

Nick


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