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