From: MADMAN (dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 17:47:04 GMT-3
"Roberts, Larry" wrote:
>
> I have a 4006 with a Sup III installed.
> 2 vlans, and am running OSPF on it.
>
> 1) I have devices in both vlans, with ports in both in an up/up state.
> However, when I looked at one of the VLAN's it was in an up/down state.
> Now, I would have understood if I had no active ports in the second VLAN,
> but with ports in an up/up state, shouldn't that VLAN have been active as
> well?
> What makes me curious is that 5 minutes into looking at a problem on the
> switch ( devices in the same VLAN couldn't ping each other ) that it all of
> a sudden became up/up and things started working. Anyone else seen this?
Strange, I played around with ours and it worked very well.
>
> 2) Is the IOS on the Sup III the only interface to the switch? Ie, is there
> a "switch" layer IOS that is accessible as well? I don't think so as it
> appears that I could do whatever I wanted to any interface, but the
> documentation on some of the pages made it appear that there is an
> underlying IOS that is accessible as well. If so, how do I get to that
> interface ?
No it's the equivelant of a 6500 in native mode though the 4000 ports
are layer 2 by default and a 6500 in native are layer 3 by default,
gotta love the consistancy!!!
> I have a 6509 that I will be upgrading to IOS soon , but this is my only
> access to a IOS switch and I'm trying to get familiar with it.
> I guess its my familiarity with the CAT OS/RSM in the 6509 that has made me
> ask this question so bear with me.
Just beware and very careful when upgrading the 6500 to IOS, you muck
up you RMA the sup!! The last time I did it the docs off CCO were
incorrect though fortunately not catastrophic. If I recalled the error
I would point it out but I can't:(
Dave
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry Roberts CCNP
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