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Switching Fabric Only Supervisors

Feature Supervisor I Supervisor II Supervisor II G
Chassis Support 5000, 5002 All All
Redundant Supervisors No Yes Yes
Modular NFFC (II)    Feature Card No No Integrated
Modular RSFC      Feature Card No No Yes
Fixed Uplinks (2)100BaseTX (2)100BaseFX (2)100BaseTX (2)100BaseFX None
Modular Uplinks No No (4)100BaseTX  (4)100BaseFX (2)1000BaseSX (2)1000BaseLX
Backplane Connection 1.2 Gbps 1.2 Gbps 1.2 Gbps
PCMCIA Flash No No No
Default Flash 4 MB 8 MB 8 MB
Default DRAM 20 MB 32 MB 32 MB
NVRAM 256 KB 256 KB 512 KB
Console Port DB-25 DB-25 RJ-45
Auxiliary Port No No RJ-45
FE Management Interface Yes Yes Yes
EtherChannel on Uplinks No FEC FEC
Max # of MAC Addresses 16,000 16,000 16,000
Max VLANs 1024 1024 1024
Spanning Tree Yes Yes Yes
RMON Yes Yes Yes
SMNP Yes Yes Yes
Additional Features Listed Below Listed Below Listed Below

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Feature Supervisor III Supervisor III F Supervisor III G
Chassis Support All All All
Redundant Supervisors Yes Yes Yes
Modular NFFC (II) Feature Card Yes Yes Integrated
Modular RSFC Feature Card No No Yes
Fixed Uplinks None (2)1000BaseSX (2)1000BaseLX (2) GBIC
Modular Uplinks (2or4)100BaseTX    (2or4)100BaseFX (2)1000BaseSX (2)1000BaseLX No   No
Backplane Connection 3.6 Gbps 3.6 Gbps 3.6 Gbps
PCMCIA Flash Yes No No
Default Flash 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB
Default DRAM 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB
NVRAM 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
Console Port RJ-45 RJ-45 RJ-45
Auxiliary Port RJ-45 RJ-45 RJ-45
FE Management Interface Yes Yes Yes
EtherChannel on Uplinks FEC No No
Max # of MAC Addresses 16,000 16,000 16,000
Max VLANs 1024 1024 1024
Spanning Tree Yes Yes Yes
RMON Yes Yes Yes
SMNP Yes Yes Yes
Additional Features Listed Below * Listed Below Listed Below

Part Numbers and Minimum Supervisor Software Required:

WS-X5005 - Supervisor I (100BaseFX, Singlemode), version 1.1

WS-X5006 - Supervisor I (100BaseFX, Multimode), version 1.1

WS-X5009 - Supervisor I (100BaseTX), version 1.1

WS-X5505 - Supervisor II (100BaseFX, Singlemode), version 2.2(1)

WS-X5506 - Supervisor II (100BaseFX, Multimode), version 2.2(1)

WS-X5509 - Supervisor II (100BaseTX), version 2.2(1)

WS-X5530-E1 - Supervisor III, version 3.1(1) EOS: 3/1/00

WS-X5530-E2 - Supervisor III with NFFC, version 4.1(1) EOS: 4/30/00

WS-X5530-E2A - Supervisor III with NFFC-A, version 4.5(4)

WS-X5530-E3 - Supervisor III with NFFC II, version 4.3(1) EOS: 4/30/00

WS-X5530-E3A - Supervisor III with NFFC II-A, version 4.5(4)

WS-X5534-E1-GESX - Supervisor III F (1000BaseSX), version 4.3(1)

WS-X5536-E1-GELX - Supervisor III F (1000BaseLX), version 4.3(1)

WS-X5540 - Supervisor II G, version 5.1

WS-X5550 - Supervisor III G, version 5.1

*Enhanced Features of the Supervisor III:

Common Features Among All Supervisor Models:


Scalability

Fast EtherChannel, Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), Policy server (VMPS I), Dynamic VLANs, ISL and 802.1Q VLAN Trunking Protocol, Dynamic ISL (DISL), VTP (VTP version and VTP pruning), Token Ring VLANs, ISL support for Token Ring

Bandwidth Management

Broadcast suppression, Link load balancing, CGMP, CGMP fast leave processing

Security Services

Port security by MAC address, TACACS+ authentication, IP permit list, Traps and syslog messages sent on security violations

Network Resiliency

Redundant supervisors, Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP), Multiple Spanning-Trees (Spanning-Tree per VLAN), PortFast---STP enhancement, UplinkFast---STP enhancement

Embedded Manageability

CDP, SNMP agent, SNMPv2c agent, MIB-II support, RMON agent, SNMP traps, SPAN, E-SPAN, SPAN from multiple source ports, Syslog support, Telnet (outbound), DNS, NTP, Multiple module software image download, Login banner for console

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Managed by Michael Purcell
Last Modified on February 03, 2000