PXE booting over IPv6

Eric Vyncke (evyncke) evyncke at cisco.com
Wed Nov 21 13:57:30 CET 2012


If you do not mind my chiming in... And, being one of those Tim's technical people, I can be wrong but my reading of the cited C3560-X data sheet
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps6406/data_sheet_c78-584733.html (search for 'IP base')
seems to indicate that with:
- LAN base: plain layer-2 switch
- IP base: routed access + RIP + RIPng + static routes
- IP services: OSPFv3, OSPFv3, BGP, IS-IS, ...

I hope that I am not wrong on this one ;-) Else, it will be fixed.

-éric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de [mailto:ipv6-ops-
> bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Sander Steffann
> Sent: mercredi 21 novembre 2012 13:20
> To: Nick Hilliard
> Cc: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de forum
> Subject: Re: PXE booting over IPv6
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Assuming a 24 port C3560-X switch, the GPL cost is:
> >
> > LAN Base:			$0
> > IP Base:	C3560X-24-L-S=	$900
> > IP Services:	C3560X-24-L-E=	$4900
> >
> > The switch hardware itself (WS-C3560X-24T-L) has a list price of $3400.
> >
> > I.e. the license to get even base ipv6 L3 functionality (e.g. interface
> > configuration) costs almost 50% more than the price of the switch.
> >
> > This seriously sucks.
> 
> Yes, that sucks enough to buy switches from a different vendor...
> Sander




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