8540MSR Enhanced mode?

[jose.poza]

Hi,

We have 5 Cisco Catalyst 8540MSR ATM switches.

We have been using them to switch PVCs between different routers, but we would like to finish some of the PVCs in the switches.

As we have seen in the Cisco documentation and examples, it seems that the catalyst must be Enhanced Mode.

We don't know exactly how we could verify if the equipment is Enhanced Mode capable, because we don't know wether it is a hardware or software feature.

Thanks in advance.

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

I believe you are referring to the enhanced ARM module(C8540-ARM2) which is hardware. You can do a "sh hardware detail" to see if you have ARM2 module.

The following tech tip has output of sh hardware detail from a switch has ARM2

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/mpls_arm_pvp_24853.html

[jose.poza]

Good morning,

That is what we get with a show hardware:

ATM_8540#sh hardware

C8540 named SS_ATM_8540, Date: 00:40:30 UTC Fri Nov 5 2004

Slot Ctrlr-Type Part No. Rev Ser No Mfg Date RMA No. Hw Vrs Tst EEP

---- ------------ ---------- -- -------- --------- -------- ------- --- ---

0/* Super Cam 73-2739-03 E0 03200WNT Nov 14 99 0 3.0

0/0 622MM PAM 73-1864-01 A0 03811352 Mar 27 97 00-00-00 1.1 0 2

0/1 QUAD E3 PAM 73-2394-03 C0 17825487 Jan 24 00 00-00-00 3.1 0 2

1/* Super Cam 73-2739-03 E0 032816A1 Oct 31 99 0 3.0

1/0 155MIXED PAM 73-2168-02 A0 17828533 Feb 14 00 00-00-00 4.0 0 2

1/1 622MM PAM 73-1864-02 A0 10987525 Dec 01 98 00-00-00 1.3 0 2

2/* ETHERNET PAM 73-3754-05 A0 03040PRJ Feb 09 99 0 4.1

4/* Route Proc 73-2644-07 B0 04081Q5H Feb 17 00 0 5.8

5/* Switch Card 73-3315-08 C0 04071PP0 Feb 10 00 0 8.3

5/0 Feature Card 73-3408-04 B0 04061P5W Feb 10 00 0 4.1

7/* Switch Card 73-3315-08 C0 04071P7R Feb 09 00 0 8.3

7/0 Feature Card 73-3408-04 B0 04061NZK Feb 09 00 0 4.1

12/* GIGETHERNET 73-3366-02 B0 031110OE Mar 15 99 0 2.1

12/0 ACL Daughter 73-3959-02 02 03201ULB Jun 01 99 2.0

DS1201 Backplane EEPROM:

Model Ver. Serial MAC-Address MAC-Size RMA RMA-Number MFG-Date

------ ---- -------- ------------ -------- --- ---------- -----------

C8540 2 15913755 000142753E00 1024 0 0 Feb 28 2000

cubi version : 11

Power Supply:

Slot Part No. Rev Serial No. RMA No. Hw Vrs Power Consumption

---- ---------------- ---- ----------- ----------- ------- -----------------

0 34-0918-02 B0 ACP03491703 00-00-00-00 2.1 2746 cA

1 34-0918-02 B0 ACP03500044 00-00-00-00 2.1 2746 cA

The IOS version we have is cat8540m-wpk2-mz.121-19.E2.bin

We already have a Route Processor, but do we need also a ARM for finishing the PVCs in the switch?

Thanks again.