From: Ken Diliberto (ken@kdmd.net)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 21:56:39 GMT-3
You mean even though the T1 plug fits in the Ethernet connector it won't
work??? :-)
The 3550 doesn't support certain policy routing features and traffic
shaping/policing features as well.
Cisco has documents for each IOS release on the 3550 that say what isn't
supported.
Ken
Kenneth Wygand wrote:
>?
>Not to mention the (sometimes not so) obvious fact that the 3550 EMI can only handle ethernet interfaces... won't work for a T1 circuit... ;-)
>
>Ken
>
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>From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of James
>Sent: Wed 7/7/2004 7:56 PM
>To: Tom Rogers
>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: Limitations of 3550emi
>
>
>
>On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 04:25:43PM -0700, Tom Rogers wrote:
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>>Hi group,
>>Can some list me the limitations 3550emi in comparison to a router?
>>
>>
>
>3550 EMI has unupgradeable 64MB RAM. This is not enough to do full BGP
>routing with ISP's. It's good enough to participate in an IBGP + IGP with
>limited set of routes in a small end POP/ethernet colo environment though.
>
>It also cannot do a few minor stuff that adds a little bit of annoyance such
>as lack of uRPF, even though it takes the command properly.
>
>The QoS/traffic rate limitation features are also restricted on 3550 if you
>want to compare with a full blown router.
>
>Further, Cisco has tradition of being slow or not following up to its pre
>marketing claims on modular Layer3 switches. Don't expect exciting new features.
>
>It is worth noting that 3750 had been advertised with IPv6 capability since
>the beginning and still no IPv6? heh.
>
>-J
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>
>
>>Thanks
>>Tom
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