[c-nsp] Upgrading SUP720 to SUP720-3BXL while switch is hot..is it possible?

[Richard J. Sears]

Thanks Marco - 

How do you make sure you get all your VTP and VLAN info moved over from
the old switch engine to the new switch engine..?

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:57:15 +0200
Marco van den Bovenkamp <marco at linuxgoeroe.dhs.org> wrote:

> Richard J. Sears wrote:
> 
> > We have a 6500 switch in our network with two SUP720 engines running in
> > SSO mode. One engine is Active and the other is Standby HOT. Engines are
> > located in slot 5 and slot 6.
> > 
> > We are also running NSF.
> > 
> > I want to upgrade the engines to SUP720-3BXLs without taking the switch
> > off line.
> 
> No can do. You cannot mix XL & non-XL supervisors in the same chassis. 
> The best you can do is preconfig the new sups, power down the switch, 
> put the new sups in and power it back on.
> 
> I've been through this an upgrade like it myself recently: pull 
> redundant sup, upgrade it to 3BXL, power down switch, swap upgraded sup 
> with active sup, power switch back on, upgrade second sup and plug it 
> back in.
> 
> 		Regards,
> 
> 			Marco.
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