At 01:45 AM 4/11/2002 -0400, Brian Wallingford wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Arie J. Gerszt wrote:
>
>:Hi List
>:
>:I read that the WS-C2924-XL-EN are end of life. By what are
>:they replaced and why is this product "all ready" EOL?
>
>For the "recommended" replacements, simply go to Cisco's site - not
>exactly brain surgery :)
>
>As to why they're EOL'ing (they're not - they're simply stopping sales of
>new units) such great, well-proven products, I'd suspect it's simply an
>effort to boost price points by hyping GE technology & aiming such toward
>those who don't yet need it.
>
>If this results in a glut of 2912/2924's and 3512/3524/3548's, I would
>strongly recommend grabbing them, as they're great switches, and both
>series handle standards-based .1q vlans extremely well.
>
>These boxes won't be EOL'd until 2005. There's a *big* difference
>between end-of-sales and end-of-life.
Thanks for the nice comments on the product Brian.
I have it on pretty good authority that the replacement (3550-24) lists at the same price as 3524 and yet is L3-capable (s/w upgrade) and comes with L3/4 filtering, ACL etc.
Barry
>Cheers,
>Brian
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