Bypass FWSM in cisco 6509

[ahmed.gadi]

Dear All,

            We have fully functional FWSM with 2 vlans (inside and outside)  installed in cisco 6509, we also have failover FWSM on another 6509 core switch and is working perfectly fine. All servers are configured under inside vlan and  rest of vlans under outside vlan. [This is purely TEST ENVIRONMENT]

I want to know the steps I should carry, if I need to bypass FWSM (remove or shutdown FWSM on both cisco core switches).

We are currently under testing phase for new servers and facing some issues, so I just want to know how can I bypass FWSM and let the servers communicate with rest of vlans over inter vlan routing ?

Please let me know for more clarification or configuration of FWSMs and Core switches.

Thanks & Regards

Ahmed...

[Marvin Rhoads]

Deallocating the VLANs from the FWSM line card will do the trick. Your 6509 chassis' have a command "svclc..." (service line card) which assigns and directs VLANs to the FWSM module. Without that command, the VLANs will be like any other.

You would need to create Layer 3 switch virtual interfaces (SVIs) in the Catalysts if you haven't already, probably setup in HSRP groups.