[geeks] fwd: The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod: UI

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>> Not really.  There was a layer 3 routing module for the 5000/5500 that
>> came out some time ago that allowed those routers to run IOS.
> 
> The messed up part of that arrangement was that the switch would run
> -both- CatOS and IOS.  The switch processor would run CatOS, and the
> route processor would run IOS, complete with separate console ports,
> separate configuration files, and wildly different administrative
> interfaces.


Not only that, but I believe the layer 2 functions were configured 
through CatOS, while the layer 3 functions were configured through IOS. 
  It's weird, but it works.

Peace...  Sridhar