[c-nsp] Applying cisco REP

[Michael K. Smith - Adhost]

Hi Ghassan:

The REP ring can take 4094 vlans.  You can also block specific VLANs or sets of VLANs for load-balancing purposes.

Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ghassan.khalil
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:27 AM
> To: Łukasz Bromirski
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Applying cisco REP
> 
> Sure, REP was developed in a way to block BPDU messages on the REP ports.
> But my concern was the number of vlans that can be blocked using REP,
> cause I used PVST and it only supports 128 vlans thats is why I am thinking of
> using REP .
> 
> Does REP have a limitation on the number of supported vlans ?
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 28, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Łukasz Bromirski <lukasz at bromirski.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 2011-11-28 17:55, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:
> >> Hello:
> >>
> >> The one limitation of REP is no spanning tree.
> >
> > Well, isn't it obvious, as REP was developed to eliminate
> > need for STP?
> >
> > REP can perfectly interwork with STP at the edges.
> >
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