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fitzybhoy

Hi,

Plan on labbing for Switch with 4 switches, 2 L2 & 2L3.

Is this switch good enough for L3 and does it have all the required features?

CISCO CATALYST WS-C3550-48-SMI 48 PORT SWITCH

Image is 12.1 although I plan on upgrading this to 12.2

theodoxa

The 3550 won't do Private VLANs, IPv6, VTPv3, VRRP, or GLBP.

Per this site (CCNP Switch IOS Features)...12.1EA will not do IP SLAs, IP Source Guard, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), VLAN ACLs (VACLs), or Port Security, but they ARE SUPPORTED in 12.2SE.

A 3560 or 3750 with the latest supported 12.2SE IOS should cover 100% of the topics.