Equipment Matrix Last updated = 2/26/02
Feature	Vendor IDF Devices
	Cisco		Extreme		HP		Nortel	3COM
	2950G	3550-48	48i	Summit24e2	4000M	2524	420-24T	4400	3300
Backplane	13.6Gbps	13.6 Gbps	17.5Gbps	8.8 Gbps	3.88 Gbps	9.6 Gbps	12.8 Gbps	8.8 - 17.1 Gbps	?
Packets per Second	10.1Million	10.1 Million	10.1Million	6.6 Million	4.67 Million	6.6 Million	5.1 Million	6.6 - 10.1 Million	?
VLAN Capabilites	64	1005	4096	64	30	30	32	?	?
802.1q VLAN Tagging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.1p Traffic Prioritization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
CoS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
QOS queues per port	4	4	8	No	2	0	0	4	2
# of ports
10/100 Base / capable	48 / 48	48	48 / 48	24	40 / 80	12 or 24	24	24 or 48	24
GIG	2	2	2 / 2redundant	2	Modules vary	2 Modules / varies	1	Modules vary	Modules Vary
IGMP Snooping	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Link Aggregation - 802.1ad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanning-Tree	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.1D - Spanning-tree	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.1w - Fast Convergence Spanning Tree	No	future	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
GVRP - dynamic VLAN assignment	?	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?
Port Monitoring	Yes	Yes	Yes ?	Yes ?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Radius	Yes	future	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No
SSH	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	No
Warranty	?	?	Annual	Annual	Lifetime	Lifetime	?	Lifetime	Lifetime
Cost	?	?	$875.00	$162.00	$0.00	$0.00	?	$0.00	$0.00
Maintenance Discount %	40	40	6	6	0	0	?	0	0
List Price	$4,995.00	$5,795.00	$8,995.00	$1,995.00	$1,999.00	$1,099.00	$1,695.00	$3,295.00	$1,595.00
UW Discount %	40	40	35	35	40	44	56	40.1	40.1