As has been mentioned here else where in this group that Cat6000s are in
place in some labsites but also that the new CCIE lab format in October
replaces cat5000s with Cat3550s.
""Michael L. Williams""  wrote in message
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> Are they using 6x00 switches in the lab?  I thought they were still using
> Cat5000s and therefore the CatOS and Set/Show/Clear commands.  If that is
> still the case, you wouldn't want to use a 3550 as it uses IOS (config t,
> etc).  I know the 6000s and 6500s you can use in Hybrid (CatOS) or Native
> (IOS) mode....... I believe if you don't specify when you order, you'll
get
> Hybrid by default......  Just be sure that you're in hybrid and it should
be
> very much like being on a Cat5000.  If the 6000 happens to be in Native,
you
> can convert to Hybrid by following these instructions:
>
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/80.shtml
>
> HTH,
> Mike W.
>
> "JohnZ"  wrote in message
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> > I have a cat 6000 at work available for testing. Is there any major
> > difference (other then backplane capacity) as compared to 3550 or 6500.
I
> > guess I just wanted to know that performance aside, are rest of the IOS
> > features supported same accross all three platforms. I plan to use it
for
> > CCIE studies.
> > Thx,
> > JZ




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