Data Management Comparison Guide, Part 1
3Com Alcatel-Lucent Cisco Systems Inc.Switch 5500G 10/100/1000 Product Name family OmniSwit, ch 6850 , , Catalyst 3750-EOS6850-48X, OS6850-U24X, OS6850-5500G-EI 24-Port, 5500G-EI 48-Port, 24L, OS6850-48L, OS6850-P24, 5500G-EI PWR 24-Port, 5500G-EI PWR OS6850-P24X, OS6850-P48, OS6850- 3750E-24TD, 3750E-24PD, 3750E-Model names 48-Port, 5500G-EI 24-Port SFP P48X, OS6850-P24L, OS6850-P48L 48TD, 3750E-48PD, 3750E-48PD-FProduct type Stackable Ethernet switch Stackable Ethernet switch Stackable Ethernet switchPrice $3,000 - $9,000 retail $4,995 - $9,995 MSRP $5,700 - $19,000 retailhttp://www1.alcatel-http://www.3com.com/products/en_ lucent.com/enterprise/en/products/iUS/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtyp p_networking/omniswitch/6850/ind http://www.cisco.com/en/US/producURL e=purchase&sku=WEBSW5500SYS ex.html ts/ps7077/index.htmlBasic Features 4.36 cm high x 44 cm wide x 45 cm 4.4 cm high x 44 cm wide x 27 cm 4.45 cm high x 44.5 cm wide x 46 cm Dimensions deep deep deepEight units; 384 Fast Ethernet and 32 Nine units; 468 Ethernet gigabit ports for 10/100 models; or 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, 432 PoE Maximum number of 448 gigabit Ethernet ports on gigabit Eight units; 384 10/100/1000 ports 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, or 18 switches in single stack models and 16 10Gbps ports 10Gbps Ethernet ports48 Gbps for 10/100 Mbps models; 96 Stacking capacity Gbps for 10/100/1000 Mbps models 40 Gbps 64 Gbps240 Gbps for 48-port models; 192 Switching capacity Gbps for 24-port models 160 Gbps 128 GbpsLatency < 10 us N/A Ranges from 7 us to 26 usSupports 10-gigabit Ethernet uplinks Yes Yes YesNumber of vLANs supported 4,094 N/A 4,000Number of MAC addresses 16,000 16,000 12,000
TACACS+ authentication Yes Yes YesSupported Standards and ProtocolsIPv6 No Yes Yes; with IP Advanced ServicesIEEE 802.1AB, LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) No No NoIEEE 802.1D, STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.1w, RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.1s, MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.1Q, vLAN (Virtual LANs) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.1x, EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) Yes Yes Yes
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3Com Alcatel-Lucent Cisco Systems Inc.Switch 5500G 10/100/1000 Product Name family OmniSwitch 6850 Catalyst 3750-EIEEE 802.1p CoS/QoS (Class of Service/Quality of Service) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.3ad LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) Yes Yes YesIEEE 802.3x, Ethernet Flow Control Yes Yes YesRIP (Routing Information Protocol) Yes Yes YesOSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Yes Yes Yes; with IP Services feature setECMP (Equal Cost Multipath Protocol) Yes No NoVRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) Yes Yes NoDVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) No Yes YesEIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) No No Yes; with IP Services feature setPIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) Yes Yes Yes; with IP Services feature setBGP (Border Gateway Protocol) No Yes Yes; with IP Services feature setManagement Command-line interface, Web browser; 3Com Enterprise Management Suite, 3Com Network Command-line interface; Cisco Director, 3Com Network Supervisor, Network Assistant Software, 3Com Network Access Manager, Command-line interface, Web CiscoWorks LAN Management Management tools 3Com Switch Manager browser; Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista SolutionRS-232 console port for out-of-band management No No YesYes; one-to-one, many-to-one, vLAN-Port mirroring to-one and remote Yes NoDHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Relay Yes Yes NoIGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping Yes Yes YesRMON (Remote Yes; statistics, history, alarm and Yes; statistics, history, alarm and Yes; statistics, history, alarms and Monitoring) events events events
Automatic configuration of new units No Yes YesPolicy management No No No
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Enterasys Networks Inc. Hewlett-Packard Nortel Networks
Product name SecureStack C3 ProCurve Switch 3500yl series Ethernet Routing Switch 5500ERS 5510-24T, ERS 5520-24T-PWR, C3G124-24, C3G124-24P, C3G124-48, ERS 5510-48T, ERS 5520-48T-PWR, Model names C3G124-48P 3500yl-24G-PWR, 3500yl-48G-PWR ERS 5530-24TFDProduct type Stackable ... [download for more]
