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IBM and Cisco
LAN Switching
An Interoperability and Migration Guide
How to add Cisco
switches to existing
IBM local area
networks
Examples to help you
merge and migrate
current networks
Functional
comparisons of IBM
and Cisco solutions
This IBM Redbook will help anyone who has an IBM
campus/LAN network today. Where is this network going to
go, given that IBM is no longer developing and selling Ethernet
and ATM LAN hardware? How is the network infrastructure to
evolve? What are the implications of adding hardware from
other vendors to an existing network? This book looks at
some of the possibilities available when adding Cisco
switching equipment to these existing networks. It explains
the similarities and differences between the IBM and Cisco
product lines and shows how networks can be constructed
using a mixture of equipment from both vendors.
This book will help users of IBM Ethernet and ATM switches
plan for the growth and eventual migration of their existing
networks. A companion redbook, IBM Router Interoperability
and Migration Examples, explores how to expand and migrate
IBM router networks.
Guidelines given in this IBM Redbook are general. Several
scenarios are included, and although actual customer
networks will differ, these scenarios serve as examples for
you to develop proper plans to expand or migrate your
networks to meet future business requirements.
Customers are invited to engage IBM in the planning process.