Cisco CCNP Switch Lab Equipment

Hi Seamus,

It can be for sure, it’s also time consuming which is better spent at actual learning :slight_smile: GNS3 has always worked very well for routing but not for switching. The only thing it could do is emulate the switch module in one of the routers, it works but it’s very limited compared to a catalyst switch. Nowadays GNS3 also supports IOU which has L2 images. If you can get it working then most of the switching commands are supported.

Packet tracer is nice but it’s a simulator, you’ll always have some unsupported commands or differences with show/debug commands. I’ll give GNS3 with IOU a try, haven’t used since I have some 3560/3750 switches that I use for labs :slight_smile: VIRL is also a good option btw.

Rene

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