[c-nsp] WS-6500-SFM insertion into production box, much of an impact?

[Masood Ahmad Shah]

Yea it is hot-swappable. You must install the Switch Fabric Module in either
slot 5 or slot 6 of the Catalyst 6506 switch. For redundancy, you can
install a standby Switch Fabric Module. The module first installed functions
as the primary module. When you install two Switch Fabric Modules at the
same time, the module in slot 5 acts as the primary module, and the module
in slot 6 acts as the backup. If you reset the module in slot 5, the module
in slot 6 becomes the primary module.


Regards,
Masood
Blog: http://weblogs.com.pk/jahil/


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ben Steele
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:57 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] WS-6500-SFM insertion into production box, much of an
impact?

Howdy,
I'm looking for some info on the insertion of a SFM into a live 6500(Sup2
obviously), can't seem to find any info on Cisco as to the consequences this
may have to traffic flowing through the Bus at the time(ie dropped packet
rates), and I want to know if the modules go from using Bus only backplane
to crossbar as soon as the module initiates or whether a reload would
actually be required for this.

Cheers

Ben
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