From: Venkataramanaiah.R (vramanaiah@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 05 2006 - 15:18:16 ART
Hi Ben, Thanks for your feedback.. I can understand your frustration
and can see how good CLI management is :-)
But, you havent answered my question on RSTP support.. !!
Rgds
-Venkat
On 9/5/06, Ben Groff <bsgroff@gmail.com> wrote:
> CE500's suck hard. Don't buy them for a production environment. They offer
> zero management capabilities. They do not integrate with Cisco Works. They
> cannot be configured from the CLI. Its a completely lobotomized Cat 2950
> switch.
>
> Good luck if you decide to persue a project with these. You might as well
> buy 3com Super Stacks or Dell switches, because you get about the same
> amount of features.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> On 9/5/06, Venkataramanaiah.R <vramanaiah@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> I do not see any RSTP stuff here as well..
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6545/products_user_guide_chapter09186a0080531ea9.html#wp160469
>
> On 9/5/06, Venkataramanaiah. R <vramanaiah@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I see in Feature Navigator that CE500 switches can support RSTP and MSTP..
> >
> > However, i donot see any options from config guides on CCO, to
> > enable/configure these protocols..
> >
> > I am yet to see this box myself, but i need to propose this switch for
> > one prospective customer.., but i want to make sure that this device
> > can support RSTP..
> >
> > Can someone who owns one of these CE500 switch, confirm if RSTP is
> possible..
> >
> > I need RSTP badly, because we are hooking many such switches in a Ring
> > topology (Due to distance constraints)
> >
> >
> > PS - Switch guide says it doesnt support MSTP (That is a different
> > story, may be MSTP support is added recently).
>
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