Thanks to all, just wanted to know the benefits or real advantages of pushing layer 3 to the access layer (closet switches, this is routing from the closet to the core over the common layer 2 trunks to a core design? I appreciate any input.

Thanks to all STP experts, my quick question is: would a PIX 7.0 running in transparent mode break a spanning tree domain? since the PIX in transparent mode itself doesn't participate in STP, in other words: I have a 6509 with 2 3550 switches out to ...

Thanks everyone, I have dual 6509's with dual FWSM's, basically I need to be able to create FW rules to permit/deny traffic to/from user vlans to several server vlans and between other networks, etc. These VLANs are present in the 6509, can I do this...

Thanks everyone, I have dual 6509's with dual FWSM's, basically I need to be able to create FW rules to permit/deny traffic to/from user vlans to several server vlans and between other networks, etc. These VLANs are present in the 6509, can I do this...

Thanks to all, I appreciate your input. This is the situation, I have an environment with 2 PIX's in transparent mode active/stdby connected to a 6500 on the inside and a 2950 in the outside, what is the proper configuration for the switch port where...