Does IOS-like CLI exist in SG200 switches?

[telecastle]

I need to purchase a few Gigabit PoE switches for a small business and I am thinking that SG200 or SG300 switches are perfect for this purpose.

Layer 3 functionality in SG300 switches is not great - HSRP or any other next-hop redundancy protocol is not supported, dynamic routing protocols are not supported, policy-based routing is not supported, etc. I may get one SG300 switch for inter-VLAN routing so that I do not have to send traffic to a Layer 3 device for this purpose, especially because my Layer 3 device (ASA5505) has only 10/100 Mbps interfaces. All other switches in the network don't have to be Layer 3 switches, and I am thinking of perhaps getting SG200 instead of SG300 swithces. However, because I am a long-time Cisco engineer, and know ins and outs of the IOS CLI, I would much rather administer the switches with CLI rather than GUI. So, do SG200 switches provide CLI (even if it is not officially supported) or is the only Small Business switch platform that supports CLI SG300? I do realize that the OS running on these switches is not IOS, but after having reviewed the CLI manual for SG300, I would say that 90+% of commands are identical to IOS CLI commands, which is good enough for me.

Thanks.

[David Hornstein]

Hi telecastle,

Hey man, you are a bit tough,   You are used to the higher end switches like the catalyst range,

Let me comment on your comment and then see if I can help you think seriously about a 300 series switch..

The pricing of the SG300 or the refreshed SRWxxx -k9  are fantastic, low priced and feature rich for their price point.

But,  if you are used to CLI , why not just stick with the SG300 series.

The 200 series are not layer 3 switches, but will switch at Layer 2, but as you are aware only GUI configurable.

Cisco  SB 300 series switches,  as you have discovered,  are more flexible and can be configured to switch at Layer 3 and support a CLI.

But they are not as feature rich as the Catalyst 3XXX range of layer 3 switches.

I have attached the CLI reference guide for the 300 series for your information.

regards dave