[c-nsp] 6509 Switch Utilization lights

[Tim Stevenson]

There are no LEDs on the front panel of sup720.

In addition, sup720s originally shipped with PFC3A do not have h/w support 
for the backplane traffic meter. :(

tstevens-6506#sh mod 6 | in PFC
   6 Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3A       SAD072301PC   1.1    Ok
tstevens-6506#sh cat traf
  This Supervisor hardware revision has no support for traffic meter feature.
tstevens-6506#


However, h/w support was added in sups shipping with PFC3B/BXL, and as 
w/sup1a/2, this is monitored with the CLI I mentioned below.

tstevens-6509-neb#sh mod 5 | in PFC
   5 Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3BXL     SAD0838014R   1.3    Ok
tstevens-6509-neb#sh cat tr
   traffic meter =   0%  Never cleared
            peak =   0%        reached at 08:21:57 PST Tue Mar 22 2005
tstevens-6509-neb#

HTTH,
Tim

At 08:03 AM 3/22/2005, Voll, Scott commented:
>What about Native IOS with sup720's / msfc3's?
>
>Scott
>
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>[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Tim Stevenson
>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:15 PM
>To: Network.Security
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>Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 6509 Switch Utilization lights
>
>The system load LEDs are for backplane utilization, NOT CPU utilization.
>
>Telnet & show commands are not likely to tax the backplane bus,
>regardless
>of CPU level.
>
>show system (catOS) or show catalyst6000 traffic-meter (IOS) will show
>you
>a peak and the current backplane util.
>
>Tim
>
>At 11:51 AM 3/21/2005, Network.Security noted:
> >You could also get a bunch of telnet sessions going at the same time
>and
> >continuously run show commands.  VTY sessions take up a lot of CPU
> >compared to just moving packets.  Try squeezing flash too, that's CPU
> >intensive.  I'm not sure if it will generate enough load, but is
> >certainly easier than trying to create more traffic on your network...
> >
> >- Scott
> >
> > >>Is it just not enough load? ;)
> >
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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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