Hi Anthony,

I replied to Joe's question but didn't hit "reply all" so it didn't make it
to the list. Here was what I wrote a few minutes ago, hopefully it's
helpful.

There is no such command, unfortunately. The NM-ESW switches were very
rudimentary in their function. Only 802.1D (OK, technically 802.1D-1998) is
supported. They also don't do ISL (I don't think), DTP, or any of a variety
of other Catalyst features.

I suspect that's why Cisco moved to the later design model of the NME and
now the ES2/ES3 switch modules that are really a 3750/3560 switch-on-a-card
that is separately administered and configured, rather than the NM-style
that just added switchports to an IOS software router. It was probably one
way to get those features in without having to implement all those
protocols for router IOS.

There is a lot that is lost when trying to do switching labs with a pure
Dynamips setup.

One option is a hybrid lab setup, as described here:
http://blog.ipexpert.com/2011/02/28/gns3-and-physical-switches-breakout-switch/

I've built something similar to this design and it works great. Emulated
IOS for the routers, real Catalyst switches for that end of things (I
presently use 2x3550 and 2x3560 with a 3750 breakout switch).

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Anthony Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm curious about this as well. I haven't seen anything that would allow
> me to do this on gns3. Usually have to go to online rack space to do
> switching practice labs. Qos labs also are best done through rack rental.
> At least that has been my experience.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 12, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Joe Danrich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Peoples
> >
> > Does anyone have the command that would actually let you get into the
> switching modules on the IPExperts Dynamips switches (Cat1 - Cat4) whereby
> they would act like Catalyst switches?
> >
> > I have poked around (usual suspects DDG, Google, Bing, etc.) and can't
> seem to find anything  that would allow modes to be used such as MST or
> PVST etc. with this module.. Has anyone had any luck in getting the
> NM-16ESW to perform some of higher end functions that 3550/3560/3750's can
> do?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Joe
> >
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