From: Larry Letterman (lletterm@cisco.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 21:20:57 GMT-3
The 3550 EMI is the IOS that allows or supports routing in
the switch..
The SMI is a switching only, with no extended layer 3
support outside of rip...
Larry Letterman
Network Engineer
Cisco Systems
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Cash" <cash2001@swbell.net>
To: "'Jason Cash'" <cash2001@swbell.net>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: Is one 3550 sufficient? More to the point!
> OK.more to the point.I got the Cisco price list and it has
several makes
> of the 3550:
>
>
> WS-C3550-24-SMI
> 24-10/100 and 2 GBIC ports:Std Multilayer SW Image
>
> WS-C3550-24-DC-SMI
> 24-10/100+2GBIC ports(DC-Pwrd):Standard Multilayer SW
Image
>
> WS-C3550-24-FX-SMI
> 24-100FX MMF+2GBIC ports:Standard Multilayer SW Image
>
> WS-C3550-24-EMI
> 24-10/100 and 2 GBIC ports:Enhanced Multilayer SW Image
>
> What I want to know is.what is the difference b/w having a
355-24-SMI
> (with EMI image) as opposed to have a 3550-24-EMI (with
EMI image).
>
> I am curious if these sellers on Ebay are selling the SMI.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Cash [mailto:cash2001@swbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:30 PM
> To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
> Subject: Is one 3550 sufficient?
>
> I am considering purchasing a 3550 off of ebay and would
like any
> advice. Some of the auctions list a Cisco 3550 24 port
with EMI image.
> From reading the IPExpert 3550 tutorial, this is the one I
want as it
> has all the capabilities. However, I remember seeing some
warnings from
> individuals on the mailing list explaining of the ebay
auctions.
>
> Also, the IPExpert lab only has one, so I would assume
that one 3550 in
> my lab would be sufficient. Any feedback is appreciated.
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