Re: OT: VSS 6513 or 6509-E

As of 12.2(33)sxi service modules are supported so it's more than 67xx
linrcards these days. I personally prefer 6509e and 6506e as the 6513
are a travesty with the low fabric availability.

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On Jan 9, 2010, at 2:10 AM, "Ruchir Jain (rucjain)"
<rucjain_at_cisco.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> All the slots in 6513 chassis do not have dual fabric connection and
> since vss only supports 67xx line cards which need dual fabric
> connection you would not be able to use certain slots in 6513 chassis.
> On the other hand 6509 has all dual fabric connected slots so all of
> them are functional.
>
> /Ruchir
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Travis Niedens
> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 5:09 AM
> To: ccie.09_at_gmail.com; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: OT: VSS 6513 or 6509-E
>
> Usually you want to have one VSL on the SUP (SUP to SUP) and the other
> VSL(s)
> on another card that is 10G VSL capable. 6513 really just buys you
> extra
> slots
> at the price of some slots not having the dual channels. This question
> really
> needs more such as the design you are trying to accomplish. I
> personally only
> have used VSS on 6509Es and 6506Es. Usually, if you have the $$$,
> you'd
> have
> two VSS cores.
>
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps9336/white_
> paper
> _c11_429338.pdf
>
>
>
> Page 14 discusses multiple domain VSS
>
> Pages 12 -13 discuss VSL guidelines
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Travis
>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:21:21 -0500
>> Subject: OT: VSS 6513 or 6509-E
>> From: ccie.09_at_gmail.com
>> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>
>> Out of 6513 or 6509-E, which chassis is preferable over the other for
> VSS?
>>
>> Keeping in view that SUP goes into slot 7 of 6513 which uses single
> channel
>> as compared to 6509-E which uses Dual channels, however, does it make
> any
>> difference if VSL comprises of only two 10G ports on SUP 720?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Malik
>>
>>
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