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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Any 1U - 2U Ethernet switches that can handle 4K VLANs?
try extreme... summit alpine and blackdiamond should all do that although only the summits fit in the form-factor you're thinking of. My experience with extremes as l3 boxes is neither recent nor pleasant, but that's not how we use them anyway. On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 [email protected] wrote: > > Does anybody know of 1U - 2U form factor Ethernet switches that can > handle 4K VLANs, or at a minimum 2000 VLANs? Note that we're > specifically looking for the ability to handle this number of VLANs > operating simultaneously, not only VLAN *IDs* in the full 4K range. > > (This rules out popular switches like the Cisco 3550 and 3750 series, > which can only handle 1024 VLANs operating simultaneously.) > > The switches should have 12 - 24 Fast Ethernet ports. Some form of "Q > in Q" or stackable VLANs, ie. the ability to handle more than one VLAN > tag, is vital. > > Spanning tree is needed, but can be one common spanning tree for all > VLANs (per-VLAN spanning tree is not needed). > > Other features that would be nice to have: > > - RSTP (802.w) and MST (802.1s). > - A couple of GigE ports (GBIC or SFP based, presumably) for uplinks. > - L3 (IP routing). > - DC power. > > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting [email protected] GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
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