[c-nsp] what is it with 3550s?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> That is in SW only, if memory serves me. Also, I believe it has since been removed because of that.

Yes, the 3550 has no *hardware* support for IPv6 routing. End of story.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Van Tol <eric at atlantech.net>
> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:01:33 
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net<cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] what is it with 3550s?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> > bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jon Lewis
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:30 PM
> > To: Cory Ayers
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] what is it with 3550s?
> > 
> > You're not going to see IPv6 routing support on the 3550 AFAIK.  As
> > colo/customer aggregation switches, the per port policing limitations on
> > the 3560 make it a poor substitute for the 3550.
> > 
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> 
> Are you sure about this?  I thought that 12.2(44)SE2 has IPv6 support:
> 
> Switch1(config)#ipv6 ?
>   access-list      Configure access lists
>   general-prefix   Configure a general IPv6 prefix
>   hop-limit        Configure hop count limit
>   host             Configure static hostnames
>   icmp             Configure ICMP parameters
>   local            Specify local options
>   neighbor         Neighbor
>   route            Configure static routes
>   router           Enable an IPV6 routing process
>   source-route     Process packets with source routing header options
>   unicast-routing  Enable unicast routing
> 
> -evt
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