[c-nsp] 2950G 'EI' image

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

Hi,

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 16:07 +0000, Peter Hicks wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Do the 2950G-48 EI switches support L3 switching?

Short answer: No, they do not.

> 
> I have a site in Paris with two 4506s and SupII+ blades, and we want to run
> a fibre to another site and use a 2950 as a L3 switch.

No can do, only 29xx switch I know of that can do L3 is the 2948G-L3.

> 
> Cisco's site is a little vague - I know for sure the 3550s with EI support
> L3 switching, and I use them as a "poor man's SupII" for one of our sites
> where we only have a Sup1A.

That's EMI, Enhanced Multilayer Image, and the SMI image can also do 
L3, just not advanced routing protocols like OSPF/BGP.  The EI image on
the 2950's is not a multilayer switching image, I believe the 2950 does
not have hardware support for L3 switching.

Regards,
Kristofer