05-14-2019 01:50 AM
Hi All
Can someone highlight the main differences between the normal Catalyst switches vs the Metro ethernet switches?
Cheers
05-14-2019 01:59 AM
05-14-2019 02:08 AM
Hi Mark
What do you mean ring topologies? Do you mean SDH etc ?
05-14-2019 02:32 AM
Hi
Its a Cisco feature , In our last place we used a setup like it a fiber ring around the city using REP for the ring
Standard catalyst wouldn't support this only ISP carrier switches MEs, ASRs and i see some of the industrial IE3000 support it too
good explanation in netscraftman website
https://www.netcraftsmen.com/resilient-ethernet-protocol/
The Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that provides an alternative to the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). REP provides a way to control network loops, handle link failures, and improve convergence time.
05-14-2019 03:00 AM
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