Re: CCIE Lab Preparation using GNS3 - 4 switches against 2

I used that exact same setup (1 x 3560, 3 x 3550) and rarely needed
anything else.

I did book occasional (free) lab time on packetlife, so that's another
option if you want to play more extensively with ipv6/pvlan's on the
switches.

Charlie Chang - CCIE #27704

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot everybody for their input
>
> One last question...I have one 3560 switch and three 3550 switches. Do I
> still need to book an online rack or buy another 3560 switch to do those
> IPv6 and QoS labs or will these four switches be enough?
>
> Regards,
> Malik
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Technically, yes. However, the spanning tree, macl and vacl's won't be
>> quite as granular.
>> The point of sw3 and sw4 is to simulate multiple paths to non-directly
>> connected routers. You won't be able to do the BGP lab very well,
>> specifically the iBGP lab with confederations. I'm sure there are more
>> limitations. Otherwise, why would there be 4 switches in the lab?
>> You can make sw3 and sw4 3550's if needed to cut costs. These are about
>> $195 on eBay, each. You must make the investment to reap the rewards!
>> Good luck- I hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jay McMickle- CCNP,CCSP,CCDP
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>>
>> On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't get it. The requirement is to have a total of 96 ports i.e. four
>> 24
>> > port switches. Now my question is if I get the same 96 ports using two 48
>> > ports switches, will I be able to do all the labs and workbooks?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Artem Nedoshepa
>> > <artem.nedoshepa_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> You got to have 4 switches, L2 is a very important part of the lab and
>> you
>> >> want to be really comfortable with it.
>> >> 4x3550 would be enough for 90% of the lab, the remaining 10% you can
>> >> practice on a ranted rack.
>> >>
>> >> Use http://7200emu.hacki.at/ as your main source for dynamips+real
>> >> equipment source.
>> >> You can also check out my setup at ccie4you.info
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> All over internet it is a knows fact that to build up a CCIE Lab four
>> >>> switches (2x3550-24 ports & 2x3560-24 ports) are required
>> >>>
>> >>> I am still at the beginning of practicing different workbooks and have
>> not
>> >>> that much details as to how will the switches be used. I was thinking
>> that
>> >>> instead of buying 2 of each 3550 and 3560 switches with 24ports, if I
>> buy
>> >>> 1
>> >>> of each switch model but with 48 ports. Will this be okay to do the
>> labs
>> >>> as
>> >>> total port count is same or do we actually require for separate
>> switches
>> >>> to
>> >>> perform the labs properly?
>> >>>
>> >>> Please clarify this confusion
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks & best regards,
>> >>> Malik
>> >>>
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