[c-nsp] Diff between 3508G and 3550-12G

[Rick Kunkel]

How bizarre... Could this be true?  Would that screw with any 
etherchannels that were using ports 1-6?

--Rick

On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Sven 'Darkman' Michels wrote:

> Hi,
>
> if i remember correctly, the 3508 has limited line rates of around
> 700mbit/s on the first 6 ports, only port 7 and 8 will do full 1gbit/s.
> So you might add this to your list (or when i'm wrong, just ignore it ;)
>
> Regards,
> Sven
>
> Joseph Karpenko schrieb:
>> here is some data on the 3508G and 3550-12G and i've also included
>> some info on the 2960G-24TC.  check out the values listed for both
>> the switch-fabric and forwarding-rate between the 3 switches.  i'd
>> also note that the 3550-12G is 1.5 RU -- not sure if rack space is
>> an issue, but wanted to point that out.
>>
>> not sure if that helps in your decision but the 2960G-24TC is also
>> another one that'll will double your port-density and provide more
>> throughput.  all just depends on what which features you require.
>>
>>
>> 3508G
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Form Factor:         1 RU
>> Switch Fabric:       10.8 Gbps
>> Forwarding Rate:     8 Mpps
>> Ports:               GBIC (8), 10/100/100 (0)
>> VLAN Trunking:       All Ports
>> EtherChannel:        All Ports
>> VLANs:               250 (64 max STP instances)
>> Voice-VLAN Capable:  Yes
>> Multi-VLAN Capable:  All Ports
>> Max MAC Addresses:   8,000
>> Max MTU:             2,018
>> Multicast:           CGMP Only
>> Ingress Policing:    None
>> QoS Granularity:     N/A
>> DSCP/CoS Remarking:  No
>> Layer 3:             No
>>
>>
>> 3550-12G
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Form Factor:         1.5 RU
>> Switch Fabric:       24 Gbps
>> Forwarding Rate:     17 Mpps
>> Ports:               GBIC (10), 10/100/100 (2)
>> VLAN Trunking:       All Ports
>> EtherChannel:        All Ports
>> VLANs:               4000 IDs max (up to 1024 which
>>                      can be configured at one time)
>>                      128 max STP instances
>> Voice-VLAN Capable:  Yes
>> Multi-VLAN Capable:  No
>> Max MAC Addresses:   12,000
>> Max MTU:             2,000
>> Multicast:           ICMP/PIM(L3) (8,000 group max)
>> Policing:            Ingress and Egress
>>                        * 8 per 10/100 port
>>                        * 128 per 1000 port
>> QoS Granularity:     8Kbps-100Mbps (10/100 ports)
>> DSCP/CoS Remarking:  Yes
>> Layer 3:             Full L3 license included
>>
>>
>> 2960G-24TC
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Form Factor:         1 RU
>> Switch Fabric:       32 Gbps
>> Forwarding Rate:     35.7 Mpps
>> Ports:               10/100/1000 (24)
>> VLAN Trunking:       802.1q Only
>> EtherChannel:        All Ports
>> VLANs:
>> Voice-VLAN Capable:  Yes
>> Multi-VLAN Capable:  No
>> Max MAC Addresses:   8,000
>> Max MTU:             9,000
>> Multicast:           IGMP Snooping in hardware (255
>>                      groups max)
>> Ingress Policing:    None
>> QoS Granularity:     1Mbps
>> DSCP/CoS Remarking:  Yes
>>
>>
>> additional information can be obtained from the following links:
>> <http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/switchperformance.pdf>
>> <http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/catalyst3x00.pdf>
>> <http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/cat29-eng.pdf>
>>
>>
>> regards,
>>
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