4500 and VIP Redundancy

[rui-b-rodrigues]

Hello,

I need help from experts to config a solution with 2x 4506 and what I think is called in Cisco, VIP Redundancy.

First:

My 2x 4506 are with IP Base version software, same hardware, and same IOS version, but I need to know if my switchs meet the requirements needed for VIP Redundancy. Can't find what are those requirements.

Do I need enterprise version of IOS?

Second:

The solution that I need to implement is to continue to have vlan routing, even if one of the 4500 goes down, so, I think I don't need VSS, and VIP is sufficient, for my need.

Can anyone confirm my thoughts?

Third:

After some reading of the config, I have several options:

I need to create a circuit for every vlan that I require routing, right?

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Not sure exactly what you mean by "VIP Redundancy". Do you mean HSRP or VRRP redundancy?

HSRP or VRRP will work fine to provide redundancy for end devices.

have a look at this document for examples:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipapp_fhrp/configuration/12-2sr/fhp-12-2sr-book/fhp-hsrp.pdf

HTH