Re: VPLS support on 6500

Marko is correct. You need SR code. SX has issues running VPLS.

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> From: Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com>
> Reply-To: Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:25:51 -0800
> To: Irfan Sid <lifeoverip_at_gmail.com>
> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>, <cisco_at_groupstudy.com>
> Subject: Re: VPLS support on 6500
> 
> It won't work. You need to have core-facing "WAN" interfaces for VPLS
> to work on 6500.
> 
> Also, I think there's an artificial restriction in 6500 code to detect
> the chasis is not a 7600, which disables the availability of some
> code. I.e. you couldn't run 7600 code on a 6500 box.
> 
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> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
> Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
> 
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 00:03, Irfan Sid <lifeoverip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to run VPLS on 6500 with VS-S720-10G-3C Supervisor with
>> IOS - SV33AEK9M-12233SXI
>> 
>> 
>> I am using WS-X6724-SFP for the customer-facing interfaces and
>> WS-X6708-10G-3C for the Core-facing Interface.
>> 
>> 
>> Please can someone confirm this will work? I am struggling to get this
>> to work int the current setup and not sure if this is a hardware
>> limitation ?
>> 
>> 
>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Irfan
>> 
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