The Long and Winding Road wrote:
> ""Steve Wilson""  wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>>On the 3550 devices that I have the label on the back indicates whether it
>>is EMI or SMI, beyond that if you can type in the command IP ROUTING it
>>would seem logical that it is an EMI rather than an SMI.
> 
> 
> I believe the SMI does RIP routing, so this is not necessarily proof.

   Yes the SMI image will support RIP.

> 
> the label on the switch only tells what the device was when Cisco shipped.
> It is common practice for sellers on e-bay to up the image to EMI and sell
> the boxes as EMI to command a few more bucks.
> 
> the sh ver will also proclaim the device as SMI, even with the EMI image
> loaded.
> 
> I coulda sworn that there was somewhere else in the output that indicated
> the image type, but it doesn't surprise me that I am wrong.

   It's really quite obvious;)

i5q3l2-mz.121-11.EA1.bin = EMI
i9q3l2-mz.121-11.EA1.bin = SMI
  ^

   Dave

> 
> 
> 
>>Seriously though
>>the software revision has all the information needed, you just need to
>>understand what the filename means.
>>
>>Steve Wilson
>>Network Engineer
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John Tafasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: 05 March 2003 06:33
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Catalyst 3550 SMI or EMI [7:64442]
>>
>>How do I know if a catalyst 3550 is running EMI or SMI image. I tried
> 
> using
> 
>>show version but that gave me no clue.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>John Tafasi
-- 
David Madland
CCIE# 2016
Sr. Network Engineer
Qwest Communications
612-664-3367

"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston
Churchill




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