11-28-2003 07:57 AM - edited 03-02-2019 12:02 PM
Could someone please tell me the advantages of having the EMI over SMI..??
I am connecting 2 sites together with a 10 MB LAN Extn and want to Run Voice as an App with QoS
was not sure which Switch to go for
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11-28-2003 08:22 AM
The following Q&A should help
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca3550/prodlit/c3550_qp.htm
Q. What is the difference between the EMI and the SMI?
A. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-24, 3550-48, and 3550-24PWR switches can be ordered with the SMI or the EMI. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-24-DC and 3550-24-FX can only be ordered with the SMI pre-installed, but as with all switches running the SMI, they can be upgraded to the EMI version using an EMI upgrade kit. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-12T and 3550-12G switches come installed with EMI. The EMI enables a richer set of enterprise-class features including, advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing, Policy Based Routing (PBR) and the Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP). Additional details about the differences between the SMI and EMI are provided later in this document.
For what you want, SMI should be good enough. You can always purchase license/upgrade kit to run EMI on a SMI switch
11-28-2003 08:22 AM
The following Q&A should help
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca3550/prodlit/c3550_qp.htm
Q. What is the difference between the EMI and the SMI?
A. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-24, 3550-48, and 3550-24PWR switches can be ordered with the SMI or the EMI. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-24-DC and 3550-24-FX can only be ordered with the SMI pre-installed, but as with all switches running the SMI, they can be upgraded to the EMI version using an EMI upgrade kit. The Cisco Catalyst 3550-12T and 3550-12G switches come installed with EMI. The EMI enables a richer set of enterprise-class features including, advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing, Policy Based Routing (PBR) and the Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP). Additional details about the differences between the SMI and EMI are provided later in this document.
For what you want, SMI should be good enough. You can always purchase license/upgrade kit to run EMI on a SMI switch
11-28-2003 08:31 AM
Thanks
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