[c-nsp] FWSM failover transparent mode

[Tony Varriale]

6748s here.  The customer was considering VSS but it didn't/doesn't support 
FWSM and ACE.  So, he's stuck for a bit.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Cables" <ecables at gmail.com>
To: "Holemans Wim" <wim.holemans at ua.ac.be>
Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] FWSM failover transparent mode


> Not to hijack this thread, but what modules are you using for server
> connectivity in your 6513?  We deployed some 6513s as SF switches long
> ago (bad decision), and are now swapping them out with the 6509-E
> chassis due to the need for additional performance (6748s in all
> slots).
>
> --
> Eric Cables
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Holemans Wim <wim.holemans at ua.ac.be> 
> wrote:
>> Just upgraded our FWSM to version 3.1.11 after 3 random crashes in a
>> month. Now we are thinking about buying a second FWSM to do failover in
>> order to limit downtime and facilitate upgrades : most of our servers
>> are connected to the 6513 carrying this FWSM.
>>
>> We use the 2 standard virtual contexts of the FWSM, both in transparent
>> mode, 8 bridged vlans on one, 2 bridged vlans on the second.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the release notes of 3.1.11 I however read under Open Caveats
>>
>> "CSCm73157 : Failover is not working in transparent mode..."
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone has experience with FWSM failover in transparent mode ? Does this
>> really doesn't work ?
>>
>> Does it work under 3.2 or 4.0 ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any info would be appreciated before we invest more than 15K Euros...
>>
>>
>>
>> Wim Holemans
>>
>> Netwerkdienst Universiteit Antwerpen
>>
>>
>>
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