One major point is the decision on either you're going to use it in native
or hybrid mode. If later is chosen, it may introduce some interesting
problems with NetFlow statistics, should you wish to gather them.
Just a point to be aware of.
SY,
-- CCNP, CCDP (R&S) Dmitri E. Kalintsev CDPlayer@irc Network Architect @ connect.com.au dek @ connect.com.au phone: +61 3 9674 3913 fax: 9251 3666 http://-UNAVAIL- UIN:7150410 cell: +61 414 821 382On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:35:37AM -0800, Nash Darukhanawalla wrote: > Alex, > > Comments in line... > > Thanks, > Nash > > > At 01:37 PM 2/5/2002 +0100, KF wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Since I'm confused what can I combine together (hardware/features) with > >Cat 6500 and what is hardware/features difference between > >SUP 2/SUP 1A; PFC/PFC2 ; MSFC/MSFC2 with chassis 6506/9/13, I decide to > >share mine questionaries with you.. > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/supcc_ov.htm > would be a good starting point. > > > >Cat 6500 is VERY interesting MARKETING box.. since it can do almost > >everything.. "-) > > True. Cat6500 is a very feature rich box. > > >What is the difference (features) and future support (is cisco goin' to > >migrate at the future to the native IOS at 6500?) between > >Hybrid and Native IOS support? Where can I obtain whole research, > >features/support/hardware in one place? > > Distributed forwarding card (DFC) is a daughter card can be installed on > line cards which are Fabric enabled to perform local switching. This > distributed switching architecture is only supported in Native IOS. > > For more details on DFC and local switching, please refer to this document: > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/65dfc_ds.htm > > This document provides comparison between CatOS and Supervisor or Native IOS > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/tech/cat65_wp.htm > > > >I want to combine this features together if possible on WIRE SPEED... > > > >Firewalling (ACL/antispoofing/DoS preventing/statefull checking..) > > > >Content switching (not Accelerated SLB... using CSM, what is switched in > >ASICs? , scripted health checking, bandwidth management, > >further SSL offload ..) > > There are blades available which can be installed in cat6500 to achieve max > performance. Here are some documents on CSM and IDS blades > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/ccsm_ds.htm > ------ Content switching module > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/1584_pp.htm > ------- New features > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca6000/prodlit/1584_pp.htm > ------- Intrusion detection system module > > > > >MLS > > Depending on the hardware, i.e. MSFC/PFC combination, the forwarding > mechanism is either "MultiLayer Switching" or "CEF" > > MSFC/PFC does MLS > MSFC2/PFC2 uses CEF > > MSFC2 can be installed on Sup1A but MSFC cannot be installed on Sup2 > > > >HSRP.. > >NETFLOW Export > > > Even though CEF is the forwarding mechanism when using Sup2/MSFC2, netflow > tables are maintained in the hardware for stats. > http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sw_6_3/confg_gd/nde.htm > provides details on configuring NDE. > > >QoS (CAR, allocate and prioritize traffic..NBAR/DSCP) > > QoS is also done in the hardware for wire rate performance. > Configuring QoS: > http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sw_6_3/confg_gd/qos.htm > > > >An idea behind is to build up an server farm, where each server (group of) > >should have it's own security policy and reside at self > >VLAN and traffic will be content switched..is necessary to have some > >BANDWIDTH management of L7 traffic or CAR physicaly per L2 > >port or defined by QoS. need of maximalized redundancy (not the marketing > >one ;-) > > > >Many Thanks for any imput.. > > > >alex ---end quoted text---
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