Cat 6513 copy between supervisor modules

[marshyrob]

Hello

We have just purchased a Cisco Cat 6513 running in hybrid mode (catOS and IOS) with the L3 daughter cards so effectively a switch/router.

We have a supervisor II module in slot 1 and 2 (2 being the standby blade). Can the switch copy changes from sup 1 to 2.

ie if i change the config on sup 1 do i have to go to sup 2 and make the same changes to the config there, or is there a command that will copy between the two like you can do on the nortel 8600 "save standby" or whenever i make a change on the sup 1 module, it will copy that to sup 2?

Any advice is appreciated

Rob

 

[vipergg]

I believe it will automatically save to the backup supervisor if you make a change .

 

[marshyrob]

Thanks for the reply vipergg, but it seems that its not doing that?

Any ideas?

Rob

 

[ADB100]

CatOS will automatically synchronise as long as the 2nd supervisor is up and the images are the same. The MSFC's do not automatically synchronise config or images as they effectively operate as independant routers. You can enable SRM (Single Router Mode) redundancy where the 2 MSFC's operate similar to the CatOS on the Supervisor. The Standby MSFC has identical configuration to the Active one, although all it's interfaces remain Down until there is a switchover.

HTH

Andy

 

[marshyrob]

Thanks ADB100

Is that the same situation if we were using native IOS across the board?

Thanks

Rob

 

[ADB100]

With Native IOS both the Layer-2 & Layer-3 functions are handled as a single entity and redundancy is similar to CatOS - i.e. there is no configuration performed on the redundant Supervisor. The configis copied over as part of the RPR+ (Route Processor Redundancy+) feature. IOS images must be manually copied to the redundant Supervisor though as there is no automatic process for this (as there is with CatOS).

HTH

Andy

 

[marshyrob]

Thanks Andy thats a big help.

Rob