Having spend some time delving into the 3550 recently, I think I would be careful about getting sucked in by the mystique of L3 switching, and pay at least as much attention to a lot of the advanced L2 functionality. Things like VLAN tunneling, RSTP, etherchannel, fallback bridging all are fairly easy to configure once you understand the tricks, and all of them offer lots of possibilities to the devious minds to write CCIE Lab scenarios.
The introduction of the 3550's to the CCIE Lab means it is now possible to do end to end QoS. If Brad Ellis is correct about the IOS version in the Lab, that means the 26xx's that are there are fully capable of ALL the nasty QoS things I've been reading about. I sure know the switch is ready. And never forget - Cisco says DLSw will still be tested. I've already thought of at least one way they can use the switch to screw you. -- TANSTAAFL "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" ""Eric Rogers"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > A new IOS has just been released for the 3550 - 12.1.11.EA1. Looks like it > came just in time for the new lab format too. Will this have BGP? What else > will this have? The documentation has not been posted yet. Just in time to > practice for the weekend anyhow. In any event it looks like the lab will be > moving from 6 to 8 full routers come Nov. > > -Eric Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=52443&t=52430 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
