[nsp] Cat5500/SUP-3 and ether channel question

[Sukumar Subburayan]

On Jun 24, 10:56am, lexus wrote:
> Subject: [nsp] Cat5500/SUP-3 and ether channel question
> I am being offered some WS-X5530-E2 and WS-X5530-E3 cards.  What is the
> major difference between a NFFC and a NFFC2?  I mean, what can I do in a
> NFFC2 that I cannot do in a NFFC?  The price is double for the -E3.

NFFC2 supports HW MLS switching of IPX also. Also, NFFC2 has an enhanced
version of the central rewrite engine, which improves HW switching performance.


>
> 2nd question, adding a WS-X5536 for GIGE (LX) uplink, is it possible to
> "bond" the 2 port GIGE uplink (run ether channel over them)?

No, the Gig uplink ports don't support bundling (etherchannel)>

  I am
> planning on using 2 of the spare CAT5000's (not 5500s) here with a sup3
> and 2 gige ports to trunk between 2 buildings.  The 5000 will have 4x
> WS-X5224's in it with one vlan per port on each side of the building.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> -ken
>
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>-- End of excerpt from lexus