Catalyst 3560 and 3550 Comparison

Catalyst 3560 Only Features [12.2(25)SEE2]

• Access Switch Device Manager (SDM) Template
• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
• IGMP Throttling
• IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)
• MLD Snooping
• Private VLANs
• VLAN-Based QoS on Physical Ports
• SRR (Shaped Round Robin)
• Weighted Tail Drop (WTD)
• Auto-MDIX

3560 Only Commands [12.2(25)SEE2]

• clear dot1x
• clear eap
• clear ipc
• clear mac address-table move update
• exception crashinfo
• ipv6 access-list
• ipv6 mld snooping
• ipv6 mld snooping last-listener-query-count
• ipv6 mld snooping last-listener-query-interval
• ipv6 mld snooping listener-message-suppression
• ipv6 mld snooping robustness-variable
• ipv6 mld snooping tcn
• ipv6 mld snooping vlan
• ipv6 traffic-filter
• ip vrf (global configuration) - Not Documented
• ip vrf (interface configuration) - Not Documented
• mdix auto
• mls qos queue-set output buffers
• mls qos queue-set output threshold
• mls qos rewrite ip dscp
• mls qos srr-queue input bandwidth
• mls qos srr-queue input buffers
• mls qos srr-queue input cos-map
• mls qos srr-queue input dscp-map
• mls qos srr-queue input priority-queue
• mls qos srr-queue input threshold
• mls qos srr-queue output cos-map
• mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map
• mls qos vlan-based
• power inline consumption
• renew ip dhcp snooping database
• queue-set
• radius-server dead-criteria
• show cable-diagnostics tdr
• show controllers power inline
• show eap
• show ipc
• show ipv6 access-list
• show ipv6 mld snooping
• show ipv6 mld snooping address
• show ipv6 mld snooping mrouter
• show ipv6 mld snooping querier
• show link state group
• show mac address-table move update
• show mls qos input-queue
• show mls qos queue-set
• show mls qos vlan
• srr-queue bandwidth limit
• srr-queue bandwidth shape
• srr-queue bandwidth share
• switchport mode private-vlan
• switchport private-vlan
• system env temperature threshold yellow
• test cable-diagnostics tdr

3550 Only Commands [12.2(25)SEE2]

• access-list hardware program nonblocking
• boot buffersize
• ip dhcp snooping information option format snmp-ifindex
• ip igmp snooping source-only-learning age-timer
• mls qos cos policy-map
• mls qos min-reserve
• show fm
• show fm interface
• show fm vlan
• show forward
• show tcam
• show tcam pbr
• show tcam qos
• switchcore
• wrr-queue bandwidth
• wrr-queue cos-map
• wrr-queue dscp-map
• wrr-queue min-reserve
• wrr-queue queue-limit
• wrr-queue random-detect max-threshold
• wrr-queue threshold

Additional Notes

3560 - IPv6 routing is not documented in the 3560 command reference
3560 - IPv6 QoS not supported as of 12.2(25)SEE2
3560 - The SDM needs to be changed to support IPv6 routing.  This will require a reload to take affect.  More...
3560 - Support for bits per second when using Storm Control
3560 - Ports are set by default to dynamic auto as opposed to dynamic desireable.  This means that two 3560's will not automatically trunk but a 3560 will trunk if connected to a 3550. More...
3560 - The SMI image is now called IP Base and the EMI image is now called IP Services
3550 - IPv6 can be bridged using fallback bridging

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