Need help with my CCNP Lab

Hi all,

I was wondering if at all I can use only Cisco 3600 routers for the CCNP course. I know most of the equipment that is listed is all 2500, 2600 Seriers routers. The reason that I am asking is because my work can provide me with as many Cisco 3600 routers that I need. Because of some contract support work that we do. We have tons of them here but not sure if I can get get certain cards to place into them. They are actually the 3640's that have the 4 slots. Or am I forced to buy 2500, 2600 when I actually have as many 3600 that I want. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Manny

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mikej412

Um, if you can get the NMs for them, you'll be good to go.

I'm using 36xxs for my home CCIE lab.

mramirez

Thanks for the quick reply Mike. Sorry for the dumb question but what is a NMs? Can you send me a link to purchase the equipment?

Thanks!

WoW I love this site. So much good information.

mikej412

mramirez wrote:

what is a NMs?

Um.... I always assumed "Network Module".... which would make a WIC a WAN Interface .... um, card? connector? cat? cowpen?

You can put an NM-xxxx in each open slot on those 3640s.

Here is your "wishbook" -- if you are old enough to remember the old Sears Christmas catalogs.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/765/tools/quickreference/routermodxref.pdf

Look at the 3640 column. If you can get 2 NM-1FEs and a NM-4T per 3640, that leaves you 1 open NM slot to play with. That would be, uh, very good.

If you had to, you could suffer with NM-4A/S for your serial connections.

Okay -- just kidding about those NM-4A/S -- I've got a bunch of them

They're fine (and cheaper than the NM-4Ts, but slower)

Ooooooh... I never noticed that the NM-2FE2W were also /V .... they support VICs? (V=voice)? (the R=token ring, the E= old slow 10Mb ethernet, and the W means you can stuff in a WIC too)

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mikej412 wrote:

mramirez wrote:

what is a NMs?

Um.... I always assumed "Network Module".... which would make a WIC a WAN Interface .... um, card? connector? cat? cowpen?

It's indeed WIC as in NIC (card) and based on the column headings in the pdf you linked to, there's also a VIC (voice...). Cisco is the master of abbreviations.