Can the 2960-8TC-S do standard q-in-q (802.1ad)

[mellowdrifter]

Just wondering if this switch can do standard QinQ. Not selective QinQ or anything advanced.

Thanks

[rsimoni · Accepted solution]

Hello again Darren,

no, unfortunately the 2960 (any flavor) does not support either the Cisco nor the IEEE standard of qinq.

table 7 of the release notes shows that you need at least a 3750 or a 3560 for such feature

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/15.0_1_se/release/notes/OL25301.html#wp1072530

seach for ' IEEE 802.1Q tunneling and Layer 2 protocol tunneling'

regards,

Riccardo

[mellowdrifter]

That's a real shame. It's a L2 feature so requiring a L3 switch to do so is not very nice

Thanks

[rsimoni]

I see your point, however even if it is a l2 feature it requires a more powerful and flexible forwarding ASIC to work and this is available on cat3xxx only.

take care

Riccardo