From: Tom Holloway (Tom_holloway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 06:08:58 GMT-3
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yifan (Eric) Wang [SMTP:yifan@optonline.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:24 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: CAT OS or native IOS on Catalyst ?
>
> hi ! Sometimes when I connect to a Cat 6500 switch, it is running CAT OS
> while sometimes another 6500 is running native IOS.
> 1. how does that happen ?
[Tom Holloway] 6000 and 6500 switches with pfc and msfc fitted
supervisors can run either catos or IOS
> 2. From what release Cat 6500 starts to run IOS only ?
[Tom Holloway] it can run either, see 1
> 3. can we choose to run CAT OS or IOS on a switch ?
[Tom Holloway] see 1
> 4. In native IOS, can we do everything we can in CAT OS ?
[Tom Holloway] in catos mode the 6xxx's are 'traditional' layer
three switches, i.e. routing switches. in native IOS mode they become
switching routers, like the cat 2948gl3, every port can be a routed port.
> thanks !
>
> Eric Wang
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