[c-nsp] 802.1q VLANs > 1000 on Cat 5500

Tim Stevenson tstevens at cisco.com
Wed Aug 3 20:16:19 EDT 2005


dot1q support is a function of the linecard, as well as the software.

Tim

At 04:46 PM 8/3/2005, Jeff Kell quipped:
>Rick Ernst wrote:
>
> > I am running VLAN transparent. It's almost looking like the entire 5500 is
> > ISL.  I came across something on Google where it says that earlier IOS and
> > devices are actually doing ISL under-the-hood for the dot1q implementation.
> > "earlier" is not defined, but it's looking like 12.2 or 12.3 is the
> > earliest image that has support for the full range.  I don't know if CatOS
> > supports it directly, since the 5500 has been EOLd.
>
>CatOS at least back to 5.1(2) supports dot1Q:
>
> > UTC-5500> (enable) sho trunk
> > * - indicates vtp domain mismatch
> > Port      Mode         Encapsulation  Status        Native vlan
> > --------  -----------  -------------  ------------  -----------
> >  1/1      on           dot1q          trunking      1
> >  3/3      on           dot1q          trunking      1
> >  3/4      nonegotiate  isl            trunking      1
> >  3/6      nonegotiate  isl            trunking      1
>
>This is a fairly "straight" 5500 (no RSM, only NFFC-II cards).
>
>Jeff
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
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