Differences between an Uplink Port and regular Port?

[gbryant]

hello,

Can any one state the basic differences between the a gigabit uplink port on the 65xx switch's supervisory engine and a normal gigabit port on a switching module installed in the switch.

-- can it be used to pass traffic between the LAN segment --- to/from --- f/w --- the edge router?

-- what are limitation or advantages to using the uplink port?

greg

[rfroom]

Basically, both ports act as normal gigabit switch ports.

However, there are some differences in QoS features, connection to switching fabric, subscription, etc. For the most part, it does not make a difference which port you use unless you are using advance features such as QoS and high bandwidth.

[gbryant]

Thanks for the information. That was just what I needed to know.

Greg