[c-nsp] 6509/Sup720/Hybrid/Native Question

[Tim Stevenson]

You must run native for the features you are asking for.

17dSXB7 for native is probably best, but there are some critical features 
in 18SXD4 you may want, like CoPP, NSF/SSO, MMLS NSF/SSO, and others. Check 
the release notes for new feature lists.

Tim

At 06:27 AM 4/18/2005, SV declared:
>Hi guys,
>
>i have setup and 2 6509/Sup720-3BXL/MSFC3 Switches and got quite shocked about
>the following document which says that most of the features i needed are not
>possible using the hybrid Software, ie. IPv6, AToM, MPLS, SLB, UBRL, EoMPLS,
>MPLS VPN and Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding (dCEF).
>
>http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_white_paper09186a00800c8441.shtml
>
>Does that mean:
>
>1) I cant use these features on this box running hybrid software ? Do i 
>HAVE to run Native ?
>or
>2) I just cant configure it in the CatOS (which seems ok for me if i can 
>configure
>it on the MSFC3 and it get's "punched" down to Supervisor)
>
>I dont like suprises... ie. feature MPLS works only in native mode, is 
>this the case here ?
>
>Atleast dCEF, MPLS and IPv6 is a must-have for me.
>
>Btw. can you recommend a stable IOS Version for the MSFC3 with the above 
>features (+ full BGP Table) ?
>Latest is 12.2.17d-SXB7 on hybrid and 12.2.18-SXD4 on native.
>
>What are your experiences with that plattform ? Good and bad ones please. 
>I saw the EANTC 10Gig
>Report and were quite impressed.
>
>Cheers,
>Tim
>
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
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