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

[Ben Steele]

Thank you for cut and pasting the information from Cisco that i've already
read :)
Seriously though, that doesn't answer my question.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Masood Ahmad Shah <masood at nexlinx.net.pk>wrote:

> 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/
>
>
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> 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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