08-17-2011 05:54 AM - edited 03-07-2019 01:44 AM
I have a 4507R-E that i have having problems getting Gi3/5,gi3/6 and 4/5 to go active. I have my 10G Cards in slots Te3/1 and Te4/1 Connected to my Nexus 7k.
I need to connect to 2 different 2960S's via the 4507. There are 1000BaseSX GBICs in the 2960s also.
Here is the output from Mod 3 and Mod 4:
Port Name Status Vlan Duplex Speed Type
Te3/1 connected trunk full 10G 10GBase-SR
Te3/2 inactive 1 full 10G No X2
Gi3/3 inactive 1 full 1000 No Gbic
Gi3/4 inactive 1 full 1000 No Gbic
Gi3/5 inactive 1 full 1000 1000BaseSX
Gi3/6 inactive 1 full 1000 1000BaseSX
Te4/1 connected trunk full 10G 10GBase-SR
Te4/2 inactive 1 full 10G No X2
Gi4/3 inactive 1 full 1000 No Gbic
Gi4/4 inactive 1 full 1000 No Gbic
Gi4/5 inactive 1 full 1000 1000BaseSX
Gi4/6 inactive 1 full 1000 No Gbic
I have done the hw-module module 3 port-group 2 select gi command on both modules 3 and 4 for port group 2 but still showing inactive.
Any Help would be much appreciated!!!!!!!!
thanks,
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08-17-2011 11:46 AM
The Sup6L-E does not support shared backplane. The below quote is from the Borderless Campus Design Guide.
Sup6L-E Uplink Port Design
The Sup6L-E uplink port functions the same as the Sup6-E in non-redundant mode. However, in
redundant mode the hardware design of the Sup6L-E differs from the Sup7-E, as the Sup6-E currently
does not support a shared backplane mode that allows the active use of all uplink ports. The Catalyst
4500E deployed with the Sup6L-E may use the 10G uplinks of port group 1 from the active and standby
supervisors when the upstream device is a single, highly-redundant Catalyst 4500E chassis. If the
upstream device is deployed with chassis redundancy, (i.e., Cisco VSS), then it is recommended to build
a full-mesh network design between each supervisor and each virtual switch node. For such a design, the
network administrator must consider deploying the Sup7-E or Sup6-E supervisor module that supports
four active supervisor uplink forwarding paths or deploying the 4500-E with Sup6L-E supervisor by
leveraging the existing WS-4606 Series 10G linecard to build a full-mesh uplink.
Jonathan,
08-17-2011 02:02 PM
Thank you both for your input! I read the design guide but should have read further about the 6L-E...would have saved a lot of trouble!
For others that might read this, as a workaround, i have taken 3 GB Cables and ether-channeled 3 ports together and connected a 2960 and the mentioned 4507 trunked together and have configured the 2960 GBICs to uplink to my other closets...
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