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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Configuring Redundancy
This chapter describes how to configure the redundant supervisor engines and how to configure
redundancy on the Multilayer Switch Feature Cards (MSFCs) on the Catalyst 6500 series switches.
This chapter consists of these sections:
•
Understanding How Supervisor Engine Redundancy Works, page 23-2
•
Configuring Redundant Supervisor Engines on the Switch, page 23-4
•
MSFC Redundancy, page 23-21
Note
For information on configuring MSFC redundancy using Cisco nonstop forwarding (NSF) with stateful
switchover (SSO), see
Chapter 24, “Configuring NSF with SSO MSFC Redundancy.”
Caution
The dual MSFCs in a single chassis are designed to be used in redundant mode only and must have
identical configurations. See the
“MSFC Redundancy” section on page 23-21
for detailed information.
We do not support configurations where the MSFCs are not configured identically.
Note
Except where specifically differentiated, the information and procedures in this chapter apply to
Supervisor Engine 32 with PFC3B/PFC3BXL, Supervisor Engine 720 with PFC3A/PFC3B/PFC3BXL,
Supervisor Engine 2 with PFC2, and Supervisor Engine 1 with PFC.
Note
The term
MSFC
is used throughout this publication to refer to MSFC, MSFC2, MSFC2A, and MSFC3
except where specifically differentiated.
For more information about installing the redundant Catalyst 6500 series supervisor engines, refer to the
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Module Installation Guide
. For syntax and usage information for the
commands that are used in this chapter, refer to the
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference
publication.