RE: CCIE Lab kit for Prep

These are the features you miss out on (3550 vs 3560) with the following
IOS:

c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE4.bin
c3560-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE4.bin

AAA Server Group
Access Switch Device Manager (SDM) Template
IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling
IEEE 802.3af PoE (Power over Ethernet)
IGMP Version 3
IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
IPv6 Security: Secure Shell SSH support over IPv6
IPv6 Services: AAAA DNS Lookups over an IPv4 Transport
IPv6 Services: DNS Lookups over an IPv6 Transport
IPv6: ICMPv6
IPv6: ICMPv6 Redirect
ISL VLAN
MLD Snooping
Multi-VRF Support (VRF lite)
Per Port Per VLAN Policing
Private VLANs
SRR (Shaped Round Robin)
Transparent Bridging
Trunk Failover
UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
VLAN Access Control List (VACL)
Weighted Tail Drop (WTD)

No IPV6 is a bit of a deal breaker! :(

Cheers,

-Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
jules NYA BAWEU
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 10:12 AM
To: travis newshott
Cc: Bennet Eapen; Jeferson Guardia; Clark, Neil; Ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE Lab kit for Prep

I'm using Dynamips - with 3 Quad NICs + 4 real switches.

check this link for details and questions on setup:

What's more efficient:1 NIC--> QinQ or multiply
NICs?<http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=8201>

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:10 AM, travis newshott <tnewshott_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> I use a combo of GNS3 for all of the routers, paired with 4 3550s to cover
> the majority of the switching topics.
>
> On the 3550s you do have some features that you are missing that you may
> see
> on the lab that are supported on the 3560s. You lose PVLANs entirely, QoS
> commands are different, I've also heard that IPv6 support is not the same
> either.
>
>
> For a budget minded student it's an effective combo. I plan on doing
> several labs on a rack rental towards the end to fine tune the commands
for
> the 3560s, as well as mock labs. When doing the labs I also look up the
> commands to use on the 3560s so that way I can eventually write the
configs
> in notepad for the 3560s as some practice without the real deal.
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Bennet Eapen <bennet.eapen_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > As Jeferson mentioned you could use GNS3 to study bout 80% of the topics
> > mentioned in the blueprint. Or to be more precise you could study
> > everything
> > under the routing topics. Since GNS3 cannot emulate a switch you'll have
> to
> > look at other options. There are a couple of sites that provide free
> online
> > labs. For eg. http://packetlife.net <http://packetlife.net/lab/> or
> > www.firewall.cx <http://www.firewall.cx/cisco-lab-introduction.php>
> >
> >
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