Re: Any 1U - 2U Ethernet switches that can handle 4K VLANs?

[Joel Jaeggli]

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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