Feature comparison: Catalyst 2950, 2960, 3550, 3560
Last modified 19 Oct 2009 at 01:54 UTC
Hardware
| Auto-MDIX | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| Digital Optical Monitoring | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) | - | - | - | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.3af (PoE) support | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| SDM Templates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Layer Two
| Errdisable Autorecovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Flex Links | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP) | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1D STP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1Q Trunking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1s (MST) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1W (RSTP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.1x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IEEE 802.3ad (LACP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Jumbo Frames | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (L2PT) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| Per-port VLAN Policing | - | - | - | Yes |
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| Port Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Private VLANs | - | - | - | Yes |
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| Storm Control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| STP BackboneFast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| STP Loop Guard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| STP PortFast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| STP Root Guard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| STP UplinkFast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SPAN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| RSPAN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| UDLD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| VLAN ACLs | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| VLAN-aware Port Security | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| VTPv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Layer Three
| Cisco Express Forwarding | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| DHCP Server | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| DHCP Snooping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| DHCPv6 | - | - | - | Yes |
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| HSRP | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IGMP Snooping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| IP SLA Monitor | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IP Source Guard | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IPv4 Routing | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IPv6 Routing | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| MLD Snooping | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| NSF Awareness | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| Policy Routing | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) | - | - | - | Yes |
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| VRF Lite | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| WCCPv1 | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| WCCPv2 | - | - | - | Yes |
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Routing Protocols
| BGP | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| EIGRP (IPv4) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| EIGRP (IPv6) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| IS-IS | - | - | - | Yes |
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| MP-BGP | - | - | - | Yes |
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| MSDP | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| OSPFv2 (IPv4) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| OSPFv3 (IPv6) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| PIMv2 | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| RIP (IPv4) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| RIPng (IPv6) | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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Management
| AutoQoS VOIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Configuration Rollback | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| Configuration Diff | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| Embedded Event Manager | - | - | - | Yes |
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| Enhanced Tracking Support | - | - | Yes | Yes |
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| NTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| RADIUS Authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| RMON | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SCP | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SSHv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SNMPv2c | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SNMPv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Syslog over IPv6 | - | Yes | - | Yes |
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| TACACS+ Authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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