[nsp] 7500: catos+ios vs ios (Hybrid & Native IOS)

[Steve Francis]

We've had numerous crashes in CatOS on our hybrid switches, none (so 
far) in our native switches, that do exactly the same things. (PBR, 
OSPF, BGP)

We're switching to native.

Octave wrote:

> Hello,
> Reading this document on cisco's site:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_white_paper09186a00800c8441.shtml
> I can't found out which Hybrid or Native solution is _better_.
> 
> I just read somewhere that Hybrid solution is no more developped.
> Is is true ?
> 
> What about the bugs ? Does Hybrid solution work work fine ?
> 
> I have an 6509 with 2xsup1a/pcf/msfc2 with 256ram each.
> Running on catos with "system highavailability" when I
> reset a sup cart, layer 2 is down 4-5 secondes max. And
> I have 2 routers inside 1 box (layer3: ospf/bgp) !! 
> That is why I want to use Hybrid solution (even if it is
> a little bit more complicated to setup since I have to 
> switch betten catos and ios)
> 
> Does it make sense to have 2xsup with native ios ? I read
> somewhere HSRP is the only solution to have highavailability
> with ios and it does not work very well ? Any experiance ?
> 
> Thanks for help
> Octave    
> 
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