RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?

From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2005 - 18:54:23 GMT-3


        IS-IS for IPv6 does run on a 2600s with Enterprise Basic.

Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> CCIE Group Study
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:23 PM
> To: Ralph
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
>
> Hello Ralph:
>
> The answer to your question is no ISIS IPv6 with the 25xx series. To
pull
> the answer out a bit further ISIS IPv6 with the 26xx series using
> Enterprise
> Basic is also no.
>
> George Morton, Ph. D.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph" <Mandela@myrealbox.com>
> To: <ccie@madisonsolutions.net>
> Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
>
>
> Hello George:
>
> Thanks for the info. Are you able to run IS-IS with this code on the
> 2500s?
>
> R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "CCIE Group Study" <ccie@madisonsolutions.net>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:58:21 -0500
> Subject: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
>
> Good afternoon:
>
> I think that you should know a few things about the deployment of IPv6
> with
> the Cisco 25xx versus the Cisco 26xx series.
>
> With the 25xx series you can run IPv6 RIP and IPv6 OSPF. I am using
the IP
> Plus 12.2.15T12 but you can run IP Plus 12.2.15T14.
>
> With the 26xx series you can not run IPv6 OSPF. You can execute the
> following command: "ipv6 router ospf 100", but nothing happens. Run
the
> command then look at your running-config
>
> For the configuration to work on your 25xx execute the following:
>
> conf t
> ipv6 unicast-routing
> interface Ethernet0
> no ip address
> ipv6 address 2001:DB8:C18:1::/64 eui-64
> ipv6 enable
>
> ipv6 router ospf 100
> router-id 1.1.1.1
> log-adjacency-changes
>
> So stay with your 25xx systems with 16/16 for memory if you want to
play
> with OSPF-3.
>
> George Morton, Ph. D.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gajewski Mariusz" <Mariusz.Gajewski@telekomunikacja.pl>
> To: "Church, Chuck" <cchurch@netcogov.com>; "Amit Jain"
> <netsteps@rediffmail.com>; "Thorne, Gene" <ethorne@netcogov.com>
> Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:20 PM
> Subject: RE: RE: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
>
>
> > Suuure , no problemo :) work just fine.
> > Although there are some bugs I encountered , where e.g. there is no
is-
> is
> > on
> > the interface , but after you type them anyway , the features
appears :)
> > but
> > ... The ospf disapears for example ... Magic :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Church, Chuck [mailto:cchurch@netcogov.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:58 PM
> > To: Gajewski Mariusz; Amit Jain; Thorne, Gene
> > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: RE: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >
> >
> > Apparently FN is wrong then. Although I've seen bugs where you can
> enter
> > commands, but they won't stay. Can you actually configure the OSPF,
and
> > see
> > it working?
> >
> >
> > Chuck Church
> > Lead Design Engineer
> > CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
> > Netco Government Services - Design & Implementation
> > 1210 N. Parker Rd.
> > Greenville, SC 29609
> > Home office: 864-335-9473
> > Cell: 703-819-3495
> > cchurch@netcogov.com
> > PGP key:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4371A48D
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gajewski Mariusz [mailto:Mariusz.Gajewski@telekomunikacja.pl]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:46 AM
> > To: Church, Chuck; Amit Jain; Thorne, Gene
> > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: RE: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >
> > Wow! So it must be a miracle ;)
> >
> > BB1(config-if)#ipv6 ospf ?
> > <1-65535> Process ID
> > cost Interface cost
> > database-filter Filter OSPF LSA during synchronization and
> > flooding
> > dead-interval Interval after which a neighbor is declared
dead
> > demand-circuit OSPF demand circuit
> > flood-reduction OSPF Flood Reduction
> > hello-interval Time between HELLO packets
> > mtu-ignore Ignores the MTU in DBD packets
> > neighbor OSPF neighbor
> > network Network type
> > priority Router priority
> > retransmit-interval Time between retransmitting lost link state
> > advertisements
> > transmit-delay Link state transmit delay
> >
> > Soft : c2500-is-l.122-15.T9.bin
> >
> > With is-is I agree , there's nothing to look for on 25xx , but ipv6
ospf
> &
> > rip work just fine
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> > Church, Chuck
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:28 PM
> > To: Amit Jain; Thorne, Gene
> > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: RE: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >
> >
> > Feature Navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) is the tool to use to solve
> these
> > questions. Basic IPv6 is supported on the 2500s, but if you try to
add
> > OSPFv3, you'll see the 2500 support go away. It needs more memory.
> >
> >
> > Chuck Church
> > Lead Design Engineer
> > CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
> > Netco Government Services - Design & Implementation
> > 1210 N. Parker Rd.
> > Greenville, SC 29609
> > Home office: 864-335-9473
> > Cell: 703-819-3495
> > cchurch@netcogov.com
> > PGP key:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4371A48D
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> > Amit
> > Jain
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:37 AM
> > To: Thorne, Gene
> > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: RE: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > I used Cisco CCO login to find on Software Advisor that 2500 series
IP
> > Plus
> > images do support IPV6 and some services. Not sure how much is
> sufficient
> > for CCIE or whether they will have full command set or not. But
> definitely
> > they support and need 16/16 RAM and Flash
> >
> > Amit
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 Gene
> > Thorne wrote :
> >>I searched the archives, but I could not find the previous
> > email from Bruce about v6 images for the 2500. If such images do
exist,
> > which ones are they? I was under the impression that there were no
v6
> > images
> > for the 2500, but maybe I missed the reference.
> >>-gt
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf
Of
> >>Ralph
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:06 AM
> >>To: abcaslow@netmasterclass.net
> >>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >>Subject: Re: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks for the info. Andy!! Now I can get the dust off some of my
old
> > 2500s,
> > and put them to some good use.
> >>
> >>And actually, Andy, I'm one of those
> > numerous friends of yours that you have not actually met. Your book
has
> > been
> > very useful in my CCIE prep.
> >>
> >>Thanks again
> >>Ralph
> >>
> >>-----Original
> > Message-----
> >> From: "Andrew B. Caslow" <abcaslow@netmasterclass.net>
> >>To:
> > "'Ralph'" <Mandela@myrealbox.com>
> >>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:27:48 -0500
> >>Subject: RE: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >>
> >>Whoop, Sorry Ralph! I thought you
> > were a friend of mine. I apologize for
> >>responding to your e-mail as if your
> > name was "Raj".
> >>
> >>I think you will find the contents of my previous e-maul
> > useful. As I
> >>mentioned, there are images for the 2500 platform that run v6.
> > Good luck in
> >>your studies.
> >>
> >>I hope all is well.
> >>
> >>-Bruce Caslow CCIE #3139
> >> NetMasterClass, LLC
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> > nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >>Ralph
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:54 AM
> >>To: netsteps@rediffmail.com
> >>Cc:
> > ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >>Subject: Re: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >>
> >>You
> > definitely a few 2600's. I do not think the 2500's can run the IPv6
> >>code, and
> > some of the new features in 12.2T.
> >>
> >>R.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> > netsteps@rediffmail.com
> >>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005
> > 01:10:27 -0500
> >>Subject: 2500 or 2600 for home lab?
> >>
> >>Hey all
> >>
> >>I am about
> > to purchase my home lab for scheduled CCIE Lab. Please advise me
> >>the
> > drawbacks of using all 2500's in my home rack instead of 2600's.
> >>One
> > difference I noted is that the 2500's can run IP plus as highes
feature
> >>set.
> > They dont come with Enterprise Plus, while 2600 can be configured
with
> >>both
> > feature sets. Is their something extra that wont be there in IP plus
> >>for 2500
> > that i may require for CCIE.
> >>
> >>Amit
> >>
>
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