Cat 3000 Menu only. Also sold as the CiscoPro EtherSwitch CPW1601. 

Cat5K Acquired with Crescendo. Cat 4000 and 6000 series developed after it
became Cisco.

Looking at a 1996 Cisco Catalog I also find: 
Cat 2600 Token Ring switch.
Cat 1900
Cat 1800 Token Ring switch.
Cat 1600 Token Ring switch.
Cat 1200 Eight Ethernet ports. RJ-45 or fiber connectors. FDDI uplink
modules.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Laganiere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Switch types for BCMSN [7:29391]
> 
> 
> Here's what I found so far, if anybody wants to fill in a few 
> blanks...
> 
> Cat 4000/5000/6000
> Aquired with Crescendo
> uses XDI/CatOS
> 
> Cat 3000
> Aquired with Kalpana
> menu (although I don't know if you can bypass the menu to 
> enter commands)
> 
> Cat 1900/2800
> Aquired with Grand Junction
> Menu (although I THINK you can bypass the menu to enter commands)
> 
> Cat 2900XL
> Cisco Internal development
> IOS-like
> 
> Cat 8500
> Cisco Internal development
> No idea what the CLI looks like, but Clark's book seems in 
> indicate that it
> was developed with the CatOS in mind...
> 
> --- Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Anne Chisholm
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 12/17/2001 3:37 PM
> Subject: RE: Switch types for BCMSN [7:29391]
> 
> By the way Dennis - if you truly want to find the demarcation point,
> search
> all of Cisco's old press releases.  You'll find the origins of each
> switch
> and understand the different OS supported by each.  I found it
> fascinating
> research when I did it...
> 
> 
>   -- Leigh Anne
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Dennis Laganiere
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Switch types for BCMSN [7:29391]
> 
> 
> I'm trying to sort out once-and-for-all where the demarcation line is
> between families of switches.  Here's what I've got so far:
> 
> IOS-Based
> Cat 1900 series
> Cat 2820 series
> Cat 2900XL series
> 
> Set-based
> Cat5000 series
> Cat 6000 series
> Cat 6500 series
> Cat 2900
> 
> However, the 2900XL uses different commands for trunking, portfast and
> uplinkfast then the other IOS based switches.
> 
> Does that sound right?
> 
> --- Dennis




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