[c-nsp] VPLS PE Redundancy with Supervisor Engine 2T

[Andrew Miehs]

Sorry - too early in the morning - ignore my last post - thought you were
referring to VSS on Sup2T - didnt see the VPLS.

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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Andrew Miehs <andrew at 2sheds.de> wrote:

> Hi Sander,
>
> It definitely works. A colleague of mine installed one two weeks ago.
>
> I would recommend that you use both ports on the supervisor rather than on
> a line card for the VSL (Link).
> The 6908 should work for VSL, the 6704 won't - but it can be used for
> other traffic.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We're trying to implement VPLS PE Redundancy with Supervisor Engine 2T
>> (VSS) as described in
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/white_paper_c11-663645.html#wp9000139and constantly failing. It seems so simple: set up a VSS, use LACP or PAgP
>> port-channels to the distribution switches and do VPLS on the VSS. It just
>> doesn't seem to work. Using WS-X6908-10G-2TXL line cards already gives less
>> problems than with WS-X6704-10GE line cards, but still it fails to work
>> very often. I sometimes wonder if I am going mad or if this setup has never
>> actually been tested...
>>
>> So: has anybody ever set up a network like this, or am I really beta
>> testing for Cisco now?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sander Steffann
>>
>>
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