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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
LAN SWI TC HI NG F EAT UR ES
Connectivity and Filtering
EtherChannel®/802.3ad • • • • • • • • •
Jumbo Frames
—
Gigabit Ethernet on Copper •6-port card only •L2 only L2 only L2 only
Jumbo Frames
—
Gigabit Ethernet on Fiber •all non-blocking
ports •L2 only L2 only L2 only
Broadcast Suppression • • • • • • • • •
Multicast Suppression • • • • • • • •
Layer 2
ISL/802.1Q • • • • • 802.1Q only 802.1Q only 802.1Q only 802.1Q only
Private VLAN Edge • • • • • • • •
Private VLAN • • • IP Services IP Services
Voice VLAN • • • • • • • • •
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) • • • • • • • • transparent
mode only
GVRP •
GARP •
URT/VMPS • • • • • • • •
VTP v3 •
VTP Bomb Protection •
VMPS Server •
Number of Active VLANs 4,096 4,096 2,048 1,005 1,005 255 128 (SI), 250 (EI) 128 32
Number of VLAN IDs 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096 1,005
Layer 3
H/W-based MPLS/EoMPLS •
EIGRP • • • EIGRP
Stub-IP Base
EIGRP
Stub-IP Base
OSPF • • • IP Services IP Services
BGP • • • IP Services IP Services
Equal Cost Load Balancing • • • • •
RIP, RIPv2 • • • • •
Static Routes • • • • •
IS-IS • • •
H/W-based IPv6 Routing •in software in software Advanced IP
Services
Advanced IP
Services
Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON