[c-nsp] RAMs at Catalyst

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Fri Apr 22 03:11:27 EDT 2005


> > The 3560 is basically a slightly stripped down 3750. Just to confuse
> > the customers, Cisco calls it 3560 which lead a lot of people to
> > think it is "just like a 3550 only a bit better".
> 
>  AFAIK it's 3750 without stackwise. I found annoying corner case where
> you might not be able to replace 3550 with 3560/3750, 3550-12G supports
> MTU 2000 and this is supported in L2 and L3. While 3560/3750 support 
> only up to 1546 in L3.
>  I'm quite displeased that this isn't advertised very clearly and your
> account team probably isn't aware of this as mostly it seems TAC doesn't
> know it.

It also lacks Multi-VRF CE (VRF-Lite) which 3550 has.

Yes, Cisco has done a good job of confusing customers with the 3560.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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