Lab Hardware Requirements

If you wish to attempt to complete this lab on your own hardware, Table 11-1 lists the hardware platforms and software versions that were used when creating this lab. Don't worry if you don't have any hardware with which to complete this lab, the solutions provided in the appendices are explained in a manner that is very helpful without the actual hardware.

Table 11-1. Lab Hardware Requirements

Device	Modules (per device)	Software Version
3 x Catalyst 3550-24 EMI		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(12)EA
1 x Catalyst 2948G		CatOS 7.4
2 x Catalyst 6509	Supervisor 2 MSFC-2 48-port 10/100BASE-T 4 x 1000BASE-SX GBIC	CatOS 7.4 Cisco IOS Release 12.1(8a)E4[1] Cisco IOS Release 12.1(11b)E4[2]
1 x Cisco 2620 Router	1 x 10/100BASE-T	Cisco IOS Release 12.1(5)T

^[1] This image is required on MSFC-A.

^[2] This image is required for Switch-B in native IOS mode.