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

[Andrew Fort]

Rick Ernst wrote:
> Neither our equipment or the other AS can do VLAN translation. Any pointers
> for products that can be inserted in-line for VLAN translation? Need
> fiber-gigabit/GBIC capability.
> 
> Thanks!

Probably not what you wanted, but I've used a Riverstone RS3000 to do 
this (also useful as an RFC1483 bridging box if you like protocol 
translation without redundancy ;-)... I believe you can do this with 
various Extreme switches, too.  You can probably pick an RS3k up pretty 
cheaply, and they are damn reliable for this type of job.  Can handle 
2xGigE IIRC (might be fixed-transceiver type if you're using a slot 
module, GBIC slot on-board).

In any event, it beats 24 tie cables and another c35{5,6}0, and 
management/CLI is easy (enough) to get used to.

-andrew