Re: Best Practice on 6500

yes you can use them there is no problem, it's just normal 10G ports, I have
tried this :) but you have to remove them again when you implement VSS,

Regards,

SE

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:41 AM, naman sharma <naman.prep_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andy,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I think i didn't communicated it in a right way. I am
> not looking for VSS support.
>
> Though we have VSS supervisor we don't plan to implement VSS right now. My
> question is that these VSS sups have 2 (10 Gig ) Ports. Is it advisable to
> use these Supervisor ports for uplink connectivity in networks. So if these
> switches are connected to some upstream switch should we use these ports
> for
> the connectivity to that switches.
>
>
> thanks
>
> On 11 June 2010 05:42, Andy Reid <ccie_at_reid.it> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have a look here first:
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9336/products_tech_note09186a0080a7c837.shtml
> > Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System Deployment Best Practices.
> >
> > and then here:
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/vss.html#wp1062785
> > Configuring Virtual Switching Systems.
> >
> > Specific extract for your question:
> >
> > <snip>
> > Understanding VSL Topology
> >
> > A VSS contains two chassis that communicate using the VSL, which is a
> > special port group.
> >
> > We recommend that you configure both of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on
> > the supervisor engines as VSL ports. Optionally, you can also configure
> the
> > VSL port group to contain switching module 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
> This
> > configuration provides additional VSL capacity.
> > </snip>
> >
> > Best regards, Andy
> >
> > naman sharma wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a VSS supervisor VS-S720-10G, but we are not implementing VSS
> right
> >> now as few of our line cards are CFC.
> >>
> >> so my question is that is it advisable to use supervisor ports. I plan
> to
> >> use 10 GE ports for uplink connectivity and the other 2 Gig ports for
> >> trunking. What is the best practice.
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
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