I have a client that used to have a pair of them..."chucked them" about a year ago. 8540's (at least in the L2/L3 LAN-Switching arena) were an "abortion" of a product; it was merely a stop-gap measure to say that Cisco had a L3 switch on the market. With the 6500-series they've got a capable product now and they have successfully wiped the egg from their faces. I have yet to hear of a customer that purchased 8540's to do L3 switching functions that was happy with the purchase. I have heard that the ATM version of the 8540's performed quite well (basically an upgrade to the LS1010) but don't have any personal experience with that.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Ellis, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Catalyst 8540CSR [7:56172] Hi, Is there anyone out there that has 8540CSRs or MSRs in their network? If so, what version of IOS are you running and are they really problematic? Are you disgusted with them and ready to chuck 'em? -Drew Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56223&t=56172 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
