K, I recently went through this thought process myself and in the end went with the 5000 series. I based my decision of several items;
1. I already had a 5000 switch. 2. CCNP switching track knows nothing of the 3550 3. Expense, I added a SupIII engine and RSM on my 5000 relatively cheaply One thought you might keep in mind is the 3550, from what I've gathered on this new group, is in the CCIE lab so if you were to want to seek that designation, you'd then have to look into one of those, or rent one from an online rack. If I get that far I'll probably use a rack myself. Rich ""K Ali"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > Please clear confusion. For my CCNP labs which Switch is recomended. 3500 or > should use 5500 series? > > They both support layer 3 switching as well as multilayer switch. > > Is 3500 fix and 5500 is modular??? In 5500 I need to put Net flow card and > Route switch card for layer 3 and multi layer switching then how about > 3500?? Are these cards builtin in 3500?? > > 5500 is set based then how about 3500??? Is it also set based or Ios based? > > So finally which one more recomended one as I know the official CCNP books > they use 5500 for labs and for CCIE prep they use 3500. > > Thanks.. > > Will appreciate your help. > > Regards, > > Ali Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62933&t=62927 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
