Connectivity between 6509 & 4507 (native IOS)

[raju]

Hello ,

This Q drives me so crazy. We have 6509 (Hybrid OS ) , acts as VTP domain.This 6509 will have a connectivity with another NW having 4507 (sup IV) through Trunk port & Ether Channel .I don't want create one more VTP domain . I have made 4507 as VTP client and whatever Vlan creation will be done in 6509 only . My Q is , when I create vlan (say Vlan 10 ) on 6509 , for corresponding Vlan (Vlan 10) , Can I assign IP address (say 192.168.10.1) on Virtual Interface on 4507 side (int vlan 2) instead of on 6509 MSFC side sothat I can limit the Routing within 4507 .

Thanks

Raju

[ram.vijay]

Raju,

You can definitely do that.

Make sure that Vlan10 is populated at L2 level in 4507. From 6509 point of view, it will sit at the top of the spanning-tree for Vlan10. But not necessarily be the default-gateway for that vlan. It can be 4507 or any other switch with routing capability. Ports configured for Vlan10 in 6509 will also go have 4507 as their default-gateway !

Rgds,

Vijay V

[raju]

Thanks Vijay.

The Trunk will be enabled between 6509 & 4507 and 4507 is configured as VTP client sothat all the Vlan's will get populated to 4507 from 6509. I will enable pruning for this trunk at later stage to limit some unnecessary Vlan's passing to another NW (4507). My objective is , users connected with 4507 will use 4507 as default gateway for Routing and traffic between 4507 & 6509 should be layer-2 only rather than users come all the way to 6509 for Routing .I'll create a separate Vlan for IP routing between 4507 NW & 6509 NW with static Route.

Thanks

[torahuls]

Quick question - Why do you intend to create a seprate vlan for routing between 4507 & 6509 ?

Rgrds

[raju]

Both are different Networks like 192.168.0.0 & 10.0.0.0 . I need to have a one Vlan for IP routing between each other like 192.168.10.1 on one NW sie and other side 192.168.10.2 . This will be used for IP Routing .I don't want to use data Vlan for Routing between two Network's .

Thanks.