[c-nsp] Recommended IOS for 6509 MSFC2 - MPLS, v6

[Ian Cox]

At 03:52 PM 1/19/2006 -0500, Paul Stewart wrote:
>That's kind of concerning if you ask me.... So is Sup2 support dead?  I
>was reading the previous thread and am kind of concerned as we're
>completely Sup2 based and don't need the horsepower of the Sup720 at
>this point... There's no EOL posted or anything, and would hope that
>their lifespan is going to be for quite some time...

Sup2 can not support MPLS or IPv6 in hardware. What is the point of 
doing these features at MSFC speeds? I can tell you what happens if 
we did support these, I would have lots of annoyed customers because 
they can not even forward 1Gbps of IPv6 or MPLS traffic. Therefore we 
suggest you use Sup720 PFc3b/3bXL for IPv6 and MPLS applications.

As to EOL, talk to your account team.


Ian


>Any info on this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Paul Stewart
>IP Routing/Switching
>Nexicom Inc.
>http://www.nexicom.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of matthew zeier
>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:47 PM
>To: Ian Cox
>Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Recommended IOS for 6509 MSFC2 - MPLS, v6
>
>
>
>Ian Cox wrote:
> > At 10:43 AM 1/19/2006 -0800, matthew zeier wrote:
> >
> >> Currently running C6MSFC2-PK2SV-M (12.1(26)E2,
> >> c6msfc2-pk2sv-mz.121-26.E2.bin)
> >> on an MSFC2.  Need to migrate to something that includes MPLS and v6
> >> support (and retains most of what I need in the SP version I have
> >> now).
> >
> >
> > MPLS is not supported on Sup2 without using OSM, or FlexWANs, plus we
> > do not support MPLS in system run CatOS/IOS, only Native. I would
> > highly recommend you upgrade to a Sup720/PFC3b/PFC3bXL for IPv6/MPLS
>applications.
>
>That "blows".  What about v6?  Doing a hardware upgrade is my least
>likely option right now.
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