""Kaminski, Shawn G"" wrote in message news:200210210329.DAA32381@;groupstudy.com... > Sorry for the misunderstanding, guys. I got to thinking more about this and > I guess I wasn't thinking of the MSFC, just the 6500 switch itself. I work > with 6000's with MSFC's and it should have slapped me in the face right away > that there were similarities. There's this big mystical thing right now > regarding these 3550's and I was having a hard time seeing anything being > used in place of them! This information is good to know!
CL: once people get their hands on a 3550 in a rental rack, and run through a couple of scenarios, I think all this nervous nellie stuff will disappear. Personally, I am quite please that my CCIE Lab prep is now covering materials and concepts that I can also use with my customers. While I was writing my whate paper for a particular study place I got really uiced about what I was seeing. For the first time in a very long time, the CCIE Lab is for the most part testing forward looking technologies, and not a bunch of obscure protocols of little relevance to most of the data world. Now if they would just drop DLSw ;-> > > Shawn K. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Frank Merrill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 7:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Native IOS on 6500 vs 3500EMI for lab study? [7:55972] > > > > Kaminski, Shawn G wrote: > > > > > > The 3550 and 6500 use different CLI's. The 3550 is IOS-based > > > and the 6500 is > > > set-based. There really isn't a good alternative for the 3550 > > > switch. You > > > > Whoa, hold on there a second. Although the 6500 and 3550 CAN have > > different > > OS's, they don't necessarily HAVE TO have different CLI's. > > > > If the 6500 in question (with an MSFC of course) is running Native IOS > > instead of the formerly more common CatOS/IOS Hybrid, then it does have > > the > > same CLI as a 3550. > > > > However, even with that there are some functional differences relating to > > things such as clustering and the like. > > > > If the 6500 with Native IOS can be mastered, there is little more to do to > > learning a 3550, and that can be accomplished in a relatively short time > > on > > a rental rack that has at least one 3550. > > > > Good Luck! > > fgm > > > > > > > could pick up a 3524XL or a 2900XL series switch, however, they > > > won't > > > include features such as Layer 3 routing functionality and > > > advanced QoS > > > features that are included with the 3550 which will probably > > > show up on the > > > CCIE Lab. However, the IOS-based command sets on the 3524XL and > > > 2900XL > > > series switches are very similar to the 3550 and would allow > > > you to practice > > > IOS-based commands and learn the Layer 2 functionality. Still, > > > in my > > > opinion, your best bet is to either purchase a 3550 or rent > > > some 3550 rack > > > time. > > > Shawn K. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jason Viera [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:23 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Native IOS on 6500 vs 3500EMI for lab study? > > > [7:55972] > > > > > > > > Group Members, > > > > Would using a native IOS(and MFFC) on a higher end switch be > > > the > > > > equivalent > > > > of using a 3550? Are the commands and feature sets somewhat > > > similar? > > > > Trying > > > > to prepare for the lab. Any comments would be greatly > > > appreciated! Thanks > > > > in > > > > advance, Jason Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55995&t=55972 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
