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MODU LA R SWI TC HE S FIXE D- CO NF IG UR ATI ON S WI TC HE S
Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Catalyst
Express 500
DELI VE RY OP TI MI ZA TI ON co n t i n u e d
Multicast
H/W-based IPv6 Multicast •in software in software no PIM no PIM
H/W-based IPv4 Multicast • • • • • • • • •
H/W-based Bi-directional PIM •
Multicast Manager •
Source Specific Multicast (SSM) • • •
Multicast NSF/SSO •
PIM Sparse • • • • •
PIM Dense • • • • •
PIM Sparse/Dense • • • • •
PIM Snooping •
IGMP V1/V2 • • • • • • • • •
IGMP V3 • • • • • • • • •
CGMP • • • • •
RGMP •
DVMRP Interoperabiity • • • • •
Number of Multicast Routes 32,000 28,000 28,000 1,000 1,000
IGMP Snooping • • • • • • • • •
IGMP Querier • • • •
SSM Mapping • • •
H/W-based Multicast Tunneling •
mVRF Lite •
Multicast VPN (mVPN) •
Tunneling Protocols
H/W-based GRE •in software in software
H/W-based Multipoint GRE • • •
H/W-based IPv4 in IPv6 •in software in software
H/W-based IP in IP •in software in software
Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON