So I got my hands on a couple of these old switches for my lab setup. They are better than the 2950s (have to use crossover cables on those ancient things) that I also have in the giant hardware stack in my lab, but not at all as nice as the 2960s that I have.

My particular 3550s (well at least the first one that I powered up) has a whopping 3mb cache which really stinks since Cisco has made IOS images for this switch free to download. Anway, here is the software config guide. I am sure that I will be referencing this in the not so distant future. Related articles. Woolf A Sketch Of The Past Pdf To Excel here.

Cisco switch ios for gns3: In Gns3 by default there is no such option for creating switch topology, but you can use the router as a switch with NM-16ESW module. There are number of IOS which can support NM-16ESW module, one of most common Switch IOS for GNS3 is 3600 series c3640. Using this IOS you can perform. I was looking at getting four 3550 cisco switches from Ebay to start building up my lap. No longer can you just download whatever you. 3550 Switch IOS version. Dec 17, 2017 - Cisco IOS images for Dynamips. GNS3 offers multiple ways to emulate IOS. For older images, we use and maintain Dynamips; an emulator dedicated to emulate some Cisco hardware. Dynamips can run unmodified IOS images. In the new GNS3 1.4, there is a way to run a second category of switches and.