From: Prashanth (prashanthcm@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 04:22:52 GMT-3
the new 16 port etherswitch module just released
only supports 802.1q
prashanth
--- "Rahmlow, Howard F." <Howard.Rahmlow@unisys.com>
wrote:
> Main reason is Gig Ethernet. If you look at the
> specs QOS is done with
> dot1Q, They are using the 3 bits nobody else used.
> Just my 2 cents
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Zinderdine [mailto:geoffz@mts.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:32 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: ISL deprecated?
>
>
> It seems that Cisco is moving away from ISL, with
> some of the newer
> switches not supporting it. Is this an admission
> that most switched
> networks are multivendor and hence Cisco is stopping
> development on a
> proprietary protocol that is rarely being used?
> What reasons have you
> heard for this move? I am all for open standards,
> but I have some
> affection for ISL and it seems a shame that this
> will take a spot on the
> shelf right next to my affection for token ring and
> FDDI.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff "LegacyBoyT" Zinderdine
>
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