From: Rick Foltz (ccie2b@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 11:41:01 GMT-3
The 6500 can run in three modes, depending on what IOS is being used. They
can run in nativa catalyst mode with no MSFC. They can run in hybrid mode
with the regular catalyst OS on the supervisor and cisco IOS on the MFSC,
and they can run in IOS mode where the Catalyst uses the Cisco IOS and all
ports are routed ports, basically a router with alot of interfaces. It all
depends on what you want to use the switch for and what system images have
been loaded on them.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Tom Holloway
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:09 AM
To: 'Yifan (Eric) Wang'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: CAT OS or native IOS on Catalyst ?
> -----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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