Cisco Switching/Routing :: 6500 - Replace Sup720 In VSS
Nov 16, 2011
I have problem with the standby supervisor in 6500 vss and need to replace the supervisor. I have follow how-to on the cisco web site url...
But when i boot the new standby sup720 it comes active and both supervisors is rebooting. I wonder if i can do the replacement without rebooting both active and standy supervisor.
if it is possible to recover a Cat 6500 that has no code on bootflash from ROMMON, and is it mandatory to have a compact flash card to do the recovery ? or can one use xmodem or TFTP ?
We recently purchased 2 Cisco 6500 series switches (with Sup 2T). These switches will be replacing our old 2 6500 series switches (with Sup 720).
We have 70 vlans and 90+ closet switches (2900) connecting the core switches We have 2 WLC connected to the core switch. We also have a 1 x 1 connection to a VSS switch which in turn connects to our Server Co-Location data center utilizing IPSec & GRE tunnel to connect to our Server Co-Location data center.
Our routing protocol is EIGRP. Our VTP domain at Server Co-Location is separate from our location “A” campus. I was wondering what is the best way to migrate our Core switches at location “A” campus.
The requirement is we would like to replace these switches with minimum downtime.
I have been tasked to replace a failed sup on a 6500 Sup32 running IOS. Now, the primary sup doesnt have a compact flash. I don't have any CF on me. The replacement sup i received also doesnt have a CF.From the cisco website it says that the moment I insert the secondary sup into the chassis. it will automatically download the IOS and boot details from the primary to the secondary sup.
I have 2x v10000 Websense Security Gateways that are connected to 2x 6500 SUP720. When I turn on cluster management function between Websense appliance, they speak to each other only if they are connected in the same 6500. When they are connected one in every 6500 cluster management does not work. They are connected on the same physical vlan. Do I need multicast to be configured in the 6500 switches?
I have a question. I have a 6500 with two supervosrs and they both have CATOS. One of them failed and I need to replace. As long as the hardware is the same does the CATOS have to be indentical or can this be different.
Cisco 6500 Sup720-3B SPA IOS SXI - GRE tunnel will not come up.It worked fine on SXF code, but the crypto map can not be applied on tunnel interface.The iskmp is up with the OM_IDLE The crypto give it a Cryto UP, the the Tunnel does not come up. It is UP down.Does some one have a working config with a 6500 IOS SXI Train with GRE IPSEC Tunnel?
I have been net searching this question and I find answers relative to other Cisco products but not for the 6500 series. We are running entservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF17a.bin and would like to know how to change the default SSH listening port..
I will be installing a secondary SUP720 in a 6509-E and will be upgrading the IOS on the existing SUP which is on 122-18.SXF6. I've read that this release has passed End of Critical Maintenance earlier this you. I thinking of upgrading the IOS to 12.2.33-SXJ1(ED) or 12.2.33-SXI8(ED) (possible more stable), but i'm not sure if i need any step upgrades from the current version. The SUP meets the required hardware specs and I will also be upgrading the ROMMON to 12.2(17r)SX7 first.
I have alot of experience upgrading IOS on routers and switches, but i just need to now if there are any gotchas that i need to know for the upgrade on the SUP.
The other issue is i don't believe the current IOS has been installed, are there any issue running on an IOS not installed. Patching is not available since the system is not running from an installed image. To install please use the "install file" command.
I have a situation where a customer doesn't have the required power units installed in their 6500 for me to provision a WiSM2.They use a VSS pair with a single Sup720 in each. They have no intention of adding a second Sup to each chassis.
I need to justify why they can't use slot 6 (which has power reserved) if I am to get them to upgrade the PSU's. The documentation I've found says it is supported but not recommended.
Cisco Catalyst 6509 with Sup720-10GE IOS 12.2(33)SHX7. There are around 30 L3 vlans configured on the switch. I'm only interested for the traffic on one L3 vlan which is the connection to wan cloud.
I wanna see only the traffic that goes to and come from the wan. On other Catalyst where I have routed interfaces i successfully configured netflow. I read a lot in the forums and documentations but i didn't find the right one.
I have received a sup720-3B from Cisco with an internal 512MB flash(sup-bootdisk). I want to verify what IOS image is on the disk and do not have an spare 6509 chasis. Can I remove the 512 MB flash disk and insert it to my disk0: on my production 6509 with the sup32 that the 720 will repplace and view what is on the disk without corrupting?
I got a new VS-S720-10G it had 122-33.SXH8b on there. I had to downgrade it to 12.2.33.SXI1 to match our other switches. I installed the file I use in all the other switches, s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXI1.bin but the Sup is now is only booting up only to ROMMON mode.
Initializing ATA monitor library...
Self extracting the image... [OK] Self decompressing the image : ################################################# ################################################################################ ################################################################ [OK]
%SYSTEM-1-INITFAIL: Network boot is not supported.
System Bootstrap, Version 8.5(4) Copyright (c) 1994-2009 by cisco Systems, Inc. Cat6k-Sup720/SP processor with 1048576 Kbytes of main memory
Trying to find documentation on the proper procedure for installing a second sup720 into our 6509-E chassis for sup redundancy. I have found documents that tout how 'cool' and 'awesome' NSF/SSO, and all that is, but haven't found any docs on installing a second sup720 into a chassis that is currently in production and is only running one sup720. In all the years that this chassis has been out, there must me a documented procedure out here to explain this.I have been through the following pages, and have found nothing to this effect.
problem to configure MWAM. I have installed MWAM module in 6506-E slot 2 with sup720-3B. After installing MWAM the Status is PwrDown. I tried to turn on the power but its not happening. MWAM is installed in slot 2 and here is the result of show module 2 My Sup720-eB IOS image is s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ1.bin
6506-E#show module 2 Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No. --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ ----------- 2 3 MWAM Module WS-SVC-MWAM-1 SAD081203GK Mod MAC addresses Hw Fw Sw Status --- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ ------- 2 0003.feae.bb8c to 0003.feae.bb93 3.0 Unknown Unknown PwrDown Mod Online Diag Status ---- ------------------- 2 Not Applicable
We are close to receiving our new 6513E chassis which I will be running Sup720 cards in. This will be replacing our existing 6509 Sup2 setup in production. What current IOS version should I run on the Sup720 ? I would like to support SSH. The chassis will be populated with a couple of 6724 SFP cards, 2 6704 10 gig cards and a few 6748 line cards.Is there a good intitial config guide ?
Customer is using SUP720 with SP rommon image version 8.1(3), he is trying to boot the new ios image from disk0, but he gets invalid magic error. he fomat the disk0 but still he gets error when he boots from disk0. He suspect that it can't be flash problem but can be software of hardware as he has two flash with same issue on 2 switches.
Customer wanted to recreate, I tried in the lab, i was able to load from disk0, but sup in lab had 8.5(4).
Customer wanted me try with 8.1(3) version. But i was unable to downgrade the SP Rommon image. SP rommon is running in Gold region and I loaded the 8.1(3) from both disk0 and sup-bootdisk, even preferrence was given to region1 but still sup came up with gold region itself.
* Will i be able to downgrade from 8.5(4) to 8.1(3), if so, what are the steps.
* is there any limitation or bug where 8.1(3) will be unable to read disk0.
I'm trying to boot this IOS on a 6506-E, s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXI8.bin.
This is what I see in bootvar.
sh bootvar BOOT variable = disk0:s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXI8.bin,1;disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin,1; CONFIG_FILE variable = BOOTLDR variable = Configuration register is 0x2102
Standby not ready to show bootvar, I want to remove SXF8 and leave SXI8 alone. I removed both IOS file names in boot system and added the SXI8 again and saved. So this would be the output after.
But after a switch restart, this would be the output of show bootvar again.
sh bootvar BOOT variable = disk0:s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXI8.bin,1;disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin,1; CONFIG_FILE variable = BOOTLDR variable = Configuration register is 0x2102
Is there anything I need to check? This is an old engine and I'm not sure if the variables of the RP modified .
I am having problems with IGMP and QoS on CAT6500 platform with SUP720 engine.The problem is, it seems that all IGMP packets are getting marked with DSCP 48 when sent out of the switch regardless of any input service policy. I found several articles saying that PFC QoS does not apply to IGMP packets. However in IOS 15 that should be possible, but I didn't get it to work there either. [code]
Supervisor Engine 720 options support centralized forwarding rates up to 30Mbps and distributed forwarding rates up to 400Mpps. I never understood the claim of forwarding rate logic in mbps. How i can load the 6509 box to check this forwarding rate?How can the performance increase from 30mbps to 400mbps? is this just because of DFC on all the line cards if yes does it mean i have to add the DFC on SUP as well .
I have a heck of a time finding this kind of information on the cisco site...Is the WS-SUP720-BASE line card a fully supported module in the 6509-E chassis?
Running WS-F6K-FE48-AF InlinePower daughtercards with SUP720-10G?
The release notes mention that the following daughtercards are supported:
WS-F6K-GE48-AF WS-F6K-48-AF
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But, specifically, the WS-F6K-FE48-AF is not mentioned.
We need to upgrade the supervisor in multiple 6500 chassis full of WS-X6148-21AF modules with WS-F6K-FE48-AF daughtercards, and we want to make sure there are no compatibility issues.
I support an active VSS cluster using 2 x 6509E chassis with single Supervisor 3C modules in each chassis. I want to replace these with Supervisor 2T modules. All my service modules and line cards are supported with the Sup2Ts (I will also be implementing 6908 modules). Is there a document on the Cisco site for this? I haven't found one though I can find plenty that describe how to do a software upgrade.
(Note, I have a 3rd (non VSS) 6509E chassis that is also part of this core network and that will maintain VTP/V LAN's etc).
Is it possible to have one netflow export profile (may not be the right word...) to send all the flow information to one collector and another profile to only send traffic to and from centain IP addresses to another collector? If it is possible on the hardware and software, any quick sample config?
#sh ver Cisco IOS Software, s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(33)SXH4,
#sho module 7 Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No. --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ ----------- 7 2 Supervisor Engine 720 (Active) WS-SUP720-3B SAL1115LJBR
Mod MAC addresses Hw Fw Sw Status --- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ ------- 7 0017.9444.9814 to 0017.9444.9817 5.3 8.4(2) 12.2(33)SXH4 Ok
Mod Sub-Module Model Serial Hw Status ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- ------- ------- 7 Policy Feature Card 3 WS-F6K-PFC3B SAL1115L2NH 2.3 Ok 7 MSFC3 Daughterboard WS-SUP720 SAL1115LH7W 2.6 Ok
Mod Online Diag Status ---- ------------------- 7 Pass