[c-nsp] L2/L3 configuration question

[Tim Winders]

> Why bother with L3 at all.  I would just configure the two ports as L2
> only and to the 6500's this pretty much looks like a direct IP link. 
> Why have an inferior device [the 3508] make routing decisions [no
> matter how basic ].

I ended up setting the GigE ports on the 6509/Sup720 as routed ports.  They
connect into the 3508 into VLAN1 on the switch.  Everything seems to be
working fine.

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Tim Winders
Associate Dean of Information Technology
South Plains College
Levelland, TX 79336 

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