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Chapter 23 Configuring Redundancy
MSFC Redundancy
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Supervisor Engine 2 with PFC2 and MSFC2
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Supervisor Engine 1 with PFC and MSFC or MSFC2
Note
Cisco IOS Release 12.1(8a)E4 provides initial support for SRM redundancy with Supervisor
Engine 1 and the MSFC.
Note
Multicast support:
In software releases prior to software release 7.1(1), when using
Supervisor Engine 1 with the MSFC or MSFC2 for SRM redundancy, be aware that failover
to the second MSFC is not stateful for multicast MLS. When the primary MSFC fails, all the
multicast MLS entries are removed and are then recreated and reinstalled in the hardware by
the newly active MSFC.
Note
Multicast support:
In software release 7.1(1) and later releases, there is improved SRM
redundancy support for multicast traffic for Supervisor Engine 1 with PFC and MSFC2 and
Supervisor Engine 2 with PFC2 and MSFC2. The multicast improvements are not supported
on Supervisor Engine 1 with the MSFC.
When SRM redundancy is enabled, there are improved convergence times and less
disruption of multicast traffic during the switchovers. The MSFC2 is protected from being
overloaded with the multicast traffic during the switchover. The switch caches the flows
from the MSFC2 that went down and uses the cached flows to forward traffic until the newly
activated MSFC2 learns the routes. Only a few flows at a time are provided to the MSFC2
to prevent it from being overwhelmed.
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Supervisor engine software release 6.3(1) or later releases (Supervisor Engine 720 requires
supervisor engine software release 8.1(1) or later releases and Supervisor Engine 32 requires
supervisor engine software release 8.4(1) or later releases)
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Cisco IOS Release 12.1(8a)E2 or later releases (Supervisor Engine 720 MSFC3 requires Cisco IOS
Release 12.2(14)SX2 or later releases)
SRM Redundancy Configuration Guidelines
This section describes the guidelines for configuring SRM redundancy:
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Both the designated router and nondesignated router must run the same Cisco IOS image.
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A Cisco IOS image must be present in the bootflash of both the designated router and nondesignated
router.
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The nondesignated router cannot connect to the external networks.
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Do not boot from an external network with the designated router because booting from the network
could severely degrade the SRM functionality.
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With SRM redundancy, the designated router can reach the external networks and copy commands,
such as
copy tftp:
, can be used without any restrictions.
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You must enable high availability on the supervisor engine.