[66780] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Any 1U - 2U Ethernet switches that can handle 4K VLANs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Sun Jan 25 14:52:36 2004
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:45:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <73115.1075058025@verdi.nethelp.no>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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 sthaug@nethelp.no 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, sthaug@nethelp.no
>
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