[nsp] 6509 sup question

[babylon at egenius.org]

Given my bad eyesight, when I was looking into a chassis it appeared that
slots 5/6 had a second set of connectors, but I thought the primary 
connectors looked the same. Since the Sup2 only uses the primary I 
thought i could be feasible.

jon

> 
> The SUP720 is an enhanced SFM, hence slots 5 and 6 this due to the physical
> fabric connections on the Backplane. The Supervisor2 will not go into slots
> 5 and 6.
> 
> Regards
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Robinson [mailto:Martin at networkhardware.com] 
> Sent: 19 November 2003 13:45
> To: babylon at egenius.org; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [nsp] 6509 sup question
> 
> 
> Jon,
> 
> We just happened to be setting one up, so thought I'd have quick look inside
> just to confirm, the phyical backplane connectors are different so it won't
> allow a sup2 to be placed in 5 and 6. There are also a couple of gotcha's
> with sup720, which you may or may not be aware of. The sup720 requires the
> WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN2 and the WS-CAC-2500W power supply.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards Martin.R.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: babylon at egenius.org [mailto:babylon at egenius.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:36 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [nsp] 6509 sup question
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> 	I have a question about 6509's and supervisor engines. Is it
> possible to use a Sup2-pfc2-msfc2 in slot 5/6 to replace a sup720? I know
> that all of the standard docs say slot 1/2 for a sup1 or sup2, and slot 5/6
> for a sup720. But you can use a standard line card (a 6348 for example) in
> any slot depending on which sup you have in. I know the sup720 needs the
> extra backplane 
> connectors in slot 5/6, but obviously the sup2 does not. I ask because a
> contract I have bought a sup720 as a spare for a sup2 currently in service,
> and the prospect of moving cards and reconfiguring in the advent of a
> failure is unappealing. I would prefer to re-arrange the cards now, and use
> the sup2 in slot5/6, so I could change easily in the event of a failure.
> 
> thanks
> 
> jon
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