Cisco Catalyst Switches: F E ATU R E C OMPA R IS ON
L A N S W I T C H I N G F E AT U R E S
Connectivity and Filtering
EtherChannel
/802.3ad
®
Jumbo Frames—Gigabit Ethernet on Copper
Jumbo Frames—Gigabit Ethernet on Fiber
Broadcast Suppression
Multicast Suppression
Layer 2
ISL/802.1Q
Private VLAN Edge
Private VLAN
Voice VLAN
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
GVRP
GARP
URT/VMPS
VTP v3
VTP Bomb Protection
VMPS Server
Number of Active VLANs
Number of VLAN IDs
Layer 3
H/W-based MPLS/EoMPLS
EIGRP
OSPF
BGP
Equal Cost Load Balancing
RIP, RIPv2
Static Routes
IS-IS
H/W-based IPv6 Routing
10
M O D U L A R S W I T C H E S
Catalyst 6500
Catalyst 4500
Catalyst 4900
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6-port card only
all non-blocking
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ports
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4,096
4,096
2,048
4,096
4,096
4,096
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in software
in software
F I X E D - C O N F I G U R AT I O N S W I T C H E S
Catalyst 3750
Catalyst 3560
Catalyst 2960
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L2 only
L2 only
L2 only
L2 only
L2 only
L2 only
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802.1Q only
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IP Services
IP Services
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1,005
1,005
255
4,096
4,096
4,096
EIGRP
EIGRP
Stub-IP Base
Stub-IP Base
IP Services
IP Services
IP Services
IP Services
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Advanced IP
Advanced IP
Services
Services
Catalyst
Catalyst 2950
Catalyst 2940
Express 500
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802.1Q only
802.1Q only
802.1Q only
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transparent
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mode only
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128 (SI), 250 (EI)
128
32
4,096
4,096
1,005