Q: Why did the R&S Lab go from 3550 to 3560?

Hi,

Functionally they are the same with an exception, that 3550 have GBIC slots, and 3560 have SFPs. However Cisco announced EoL/EoS for Catalyst 3550 line (except C3550-12G), so, what's the point to keep them in R&S lab? From the configuration perspective they have almost no difference, so, you may practice with 3550, if you have.

Good luck,

Mike CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, Cisco Voice, MCSE W2K, MCSE+I, Security+, etc. CCIE R&S (in progress), CCIE Voice (in progress)

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No they are definately not the same in functionality:

-- Best regards Martin Kiefer

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Hi,

c3560 support the fill set of Private VLANs ( Isolated, Community and Edge ) while c3550 support only a subset, Edge PVLAN.

Regards, Gabriele

Martin,

And how much of these "new features" you will really need in CCIE R&S Lab? I'm not sure about THE latest lab scenarios, but none of this differences should prevent you from doing a lab. The only "possible" candidate is IPv6 features, but I don't know if you need to configure it on the switches.

Good luck,

Mike CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, Cisco Voice, MCSE W2K, MCSE+I, Security+, etc. CCIE R&S (in progress), CCIE Voice (in progress)

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Thank you one, and all.

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