differnce between a 2950 xl and a 2950 Cisco switch?

Hello,

I've been asked to purchase 4 Cisco 24 port switches. The vendor tells
me that he does not have the 2950 XL in stock but does have the 2950's
in stock. What is the difference between these 2 switches?

Tacobell

 

Huge. The 2950XL is a completely different generation from
around the time of IOS 11.2 . You *really* don't want the 2950XL
these days -- not sold, not supported, much slower than the new
series.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...ommand_reference_chapter09186a00800d85e5.html

Cisco reused similar model numbers for a quite different series
that includes:

WS-C2950-12
WS-C2950-24
WS-C2950C-24
WS-C2950G-12-EI (end of sale)
WS-C2950G-24-EI (end of sale)
WS-C2950G-24-EI-DC (still sold)
WS-C2950G-48-EI (end of sale)
WS-C2950ST-24-LRE
WS-C2950ST-8-LRE
WS-C2950SX-24
WS-C2950SX-48-SI
WS-C2950T-24 (end of sale)
WS-C2950T-48-SI

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/index.html


You may wish to consider the 2960 or 3560 series, such as
the WS-C3560-24PS, WS_C3560-24TS, WS-C2960-24TC-L, or WS-C2960-24TT-L

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/prod_eol_notice0900aecd804658c9.html

 

What's a 2950XL? Never seen one.

Cisco had some long EOL'd switches, the 2924XL switch line ages ago
that was pretty popular, but long outdated.

The 2950 is quite a bit newer, and still supported.

 

If you search cisco.com you will find references to the
Catalyst 2950XL series, and to the 3550XL series.
They appear to have existed about the same time as the
Catalyst 2800 series such as the 2820, 2822, and 2828 (which
went EOS April 30 1999). (First time I've ever heard of those...)