Cisco Catalyst 3560 vs. Cisco 3550

December 13 2012 , Written by Cisco & Cisco Router, Network Switch Published on #Cisco Switches - Cisco Firewall

Here is a 3560 and 3550 comparison for anyone interested in the differences between the two switches.

Catalyst 3560 Only Features [12.2(25) SEE2]

Access Switch Device Manager (SDM) Template
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
IGMP Throttling
IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)
MLD Snooping
Private VLANs
VLAN-Based QoS on Physical Ports
SRR (Shaped Round Robin)
Weighted Tail Drop (WTD)
Auto-MDIX

Note: The details of Catalyst 3560 Only Features you can visit Cisco.com's related pages.

Cisco 3560 Only Commands [12.2(25)SEE2]

clear dot1x
clear eap
clear ipc
clear mac address-table move update
exception crashinfo
ipv6 access-list
ipv6 mld snooping
ipv6 mld snooping last-listener-query-count
ipv6 mld snooping last-listener-query-interval
ipv6 mld snooping listener-message-suppression
ipv6 mld snooping robustness-variable
ipv6 mld snooping tcn
ipv6 mld snooping vlan
ipv6 traffic-filter
ip vrf (global configuration) - Not Documented
ip vrf (interface configuration) - Not Documented
mdix auto
mls qos queue-set output buffers
mls qos queue-set output threshold
mls qos rewrite ip dscp
mls qos srr-queue input bandwidth
mls qos srr-queue input buffers
mls qos srr-queue input cos-map
mls qos srr-queue input dscp-map
mls qos srr-queue input priority-queue
mls qos srr-queue input threshold
mls qos srr-queue output cos-map
mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map
mls qos vlan-based
power inline consumption
renew ip dhcp snooping database
queue-set
radius-server dead-criteria
show cable-diagnostics tdr
show controllers power inline
show eap
show ipc
show ipv6 access-list
show ipv6 mld snooping
show ipv6 mld snooping address
show ipv6 mld snooping mrouter
show ipv6 mld snooping querier
show link state group
show mac address-table move update
show mls qos input-queue
show mls qos queue-set
show mls qos vlan
srr-queue bandwidth limit
srr-queue bandwidth shape
srr-queue bandwidth share
switchport mode private-vlan
switchport private-vlan
system env temperature threshold yellow
test cable-diagnostics tdr

NOTE: More details Cisco 3560 Only Commands you can visit Cisco.com

Cisco 3550 Only Commands [12.2(25) SEE2]

access-list hardware program nonblocking
boot buffersize
ip dhcp snooping information option format snmp-ifindex
ip igmp snooping source-only-learning age-timer
mls qos cos policy-map
mls qos min-reserve
show fm
show fm interface
show fm vlan
show forward
show tcam
show tcam pbr
show tcam qos
switchcore
wrr-queue bandwidth
wrr-queue cos-map
wrr-queue dscp-map
wrr-queue min-reserve
wrr-queue queue-limit
wrr-queue random-detect max-threshold
wrr-queue threshold

Additional Notes

Catalyst 3560 - IPv6 routing is not documented in the 3560 command reference
Catalyst 3560 - IPv6 QoS not supported as of 12.2(25) SEE2
Cisco 3560 - The SDM needs to be changed to support IPv6 routing. This will require a reload to take effect. More...
Cisco 3560 - Support for bits per second when using Storm Control
Catalyst 3560 - Ports are set by default to dynamic auto as opposed to dynamic desirable. This means that two 3560's will not automatically trunk but a 3560 will trunk if connected to a 3550. More...
Catalyst 3560 - The SMI image is now called IP Base and the EMI image is now called IP Services
Catalyst 3550 - IPv6 can be bridged using fallback bridging