[nsp] Catalyst 4506 comparison with 6506

Z z@wotb.org
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:20:33 -0800


Hi again,

   Does anyone have any practical experience with the Catalyst
4506 switch?   I've had good experiences with the 6506, but
I'm looking for an option 'B' that is lower-cost and I'm wondering
what the practical trade-offs are.   I know that throughput and port
density are significantly less in the 45xx series as well as the
supervisor engine features ( no MSFC and PFC or dFC-enabled hardware
AFAIK ).   Can you even do the layer-3 stuff on the 4506, or HSRP, 
EIGRP, OSPF, etc?

   Thanks in advance.

.z