Hi, my answer to this question is: You need both 5000 and 3550.
The 5000 switch is used for CCNP now. and usd in many installations. The 3550 switch is new, used for CCIE now and I think will be used in CCNP in future. It is good to know it because it will be used in many installations shortly. With kind regards Jens Neelsen --- Richard Burdette wrote: > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62948&t=62927 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
