[c-nsp] ME3400

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Thu Oct 23 13:40:23 EDT 2008


> These are good metro switches. No main issues with them.
> 
> However, as their name imply, these are metro switches. So metro
> functionalities are present (UNI/NNI port types for instance, REP resiliency
> protocol), while some LAN functionalities are absent (such as VTP for
> instance which is less useful in metro nets than in LAN).

Good for metro (for instance DC power available). Too few SFP ports,
too few MAC addresses, screwy licensing (QinQ requires extra licensing,
more NNI ports than default requires even more licensing).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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