Design 2: Maximizing Layer 3 with Catalyst 8500 Switching Routers This section presents Design 2, an approach that relies on Catalyst 8500-style hardware-based routing (in other words, the 8500 is a switching router). Figure 17-6 illustrates Design 2. Figure 17-6. Design 2 Network Diagram Several differences from the physical layout used in Design 1 are important. First, … [Read more...]