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Hello Mark,<br><br>As c6500 support only <span class="content">4-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 2-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet ES+ cards (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/data_sheet_c78-643759.html), this could turn out to be more expensive. As I need more port density, </span>I'm thinking to use 7600-SIP-400 (I had previously made a mistake mentioning SIP-600) wi<font style="" face="Tahoma">th Cisco 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet Shared Port Adapter (as its the one with the highest port density supported by c6500 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps6267/product_data_sheet0900aecd804d884d.html).<br><br></font><font style="" face="Tahoma">Thanks for your feedback.<br><br>Christian<br><br></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"></font><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: mark.tinka@seacom.mu<br>> To: chrismuhirwa@hotmail.com<br>> Subject: Re: [afnog] VPLS on C6500<br>> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:43:25 +0200<br>> CC: afnog@afnog.org<br>> <br>> On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:29:14 PM Christian M wrote:<br>> <br>> > Hello,<br>> > I am in process of implementing a network capable of MPLS<br>> > VPLS and supporting 802.1Q tunneling on a Cisco 6506-E<br>> > Chassis. I read that only SIP-600 line cards with SPA<br>> > support this on c6500, however when using sup2T, it is<br>> > supported natively.<br>> > <br>> > I currently have WS-SUP720-3B with WS-X6724-SFP line<br>> > cards.<br>> > <br>> > Has anyone done a similar setup? any suggestion on how to<br>> > go abt it (upgrade sup or buy SIP line cards)?<br>> <br>> VPLS has traditionally only been supported on the 7600 <br>> platform, specifically, the ES and ES+ line cards.<br>> <br>> As you rightly mention, the SUP-2T on the 6500 introduces <br>> support for native VPLS support, i.e., you don't require SIP <br>> or ES line cards on this platform to support VPLS. On the <br>> SUP-2T, VPLS is supported on the integrated PFC4 board.<br>> <br>> In case you don't have the SUP-2T, you'll need the ES+ (ES <br>> won't work, only ES+) line cards which are now supported on <br>> the 6500 and 6500-E chassis, equipped with a SUP720-3B, <br>> SUP720-3BXL, SUPVS720-3C or SUPVS720-3CXL supervisor module.<br>> <br>> The new 40Gbps-port 6900 line cards for the 6500 also <br>> support VPLS, but these require the SUP-2T supervisor <br>> module.<br>> <br>> The WS-X6724 line card you have is what is called a "LAN <br>> card". While it's nice, cheap and dense, it's brain dead. A <br>> lot of the cool features you need with such a line card will <br>> run off the PFC located on the supervisor module, e.g., <br>> MPLS. So this line card won't give you VPLS, since the <br>> SUP720-3B and SUP720-3BXL don't support it on the PFC3.<br>> <br>> I notice that the SUP-2T supports the WS-X67xx line cards, <br>> so it possible that you could get VPLS on them, but I'm not <br>> really sure. Suggest you check with TAC for confirmation, <br>> before you buy.<br>> <br>> Hope this helps.<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> <br>> Mark.<br></div> </div></body>
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