Cut-through, Fragment-Free or Store and Forward

[karel.stadler]

Hello,

Unfortunately there is not a single Document with summarized information about the available switching method used in all the different Catalyst Switches.

Does anybody know what the Cat2950 and Cat3500 series use as switching method ?

- Fragment Free

- Cut through

- Store and forward

or a mixture of all ?

best rgds

Karel Stadler

[milan.kulik]

Hi,

everybody is using Store and forward nowadays.

Providing 10/100 or even 10/100/1000 ports no vendor is wasting time fixing cut-through problems while sending frames between different speed ports anymore.

See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca3500xl/tech/c3500_wp.pdf for details.

Regards,

Milan