The Long and Winding Road wrote: > ""Steve Wilson"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>On the 3550 devices that I have the label on the back indicates whether it >>is EMI or SMI, beyond that if you can type in the command IP ROUTING it >>would seem logical that it is an EMI rather than an SMI. > > > I believe the SMI does RIP routing, so this is not necessarily proof.
Yes the SMI image will support RIP. > > the label on the switch only tells what the device was when Cisco shipped. > It is common practice for sellers on e-bay to up the image to EMI and sell > the boxes as EMI to command a few more bucks. > > the sh ver will also proclaim the device as SMI, even with the EMI image > loaded. > > I coulda sworn that there was somewhere else in the output that indicated > the image type, but it doesn't surprise me that I am wrong. It's really quite obvious;) i5q3l2-mz.121-11.EA1.bin = EMI i9q3l2-mz.121-11.EA1.bin = SMI ^ Dave > > > >>Seriously though >>the software revision has all the information needed, you just need to >>understand what the filename means. >> >>Steve Wilson >>Network Engineer >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Tafasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 05 March 2003 06:33 >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Catalyst 3550 SMI or EMI [7:64442] >> >>How do I know if a catalyst 3550 is running EMI or SMI image. I tried > > using > >>show version but that gave me no clue. >> >>Thanks >> >>John Tafasi -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64501&t=64442 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

