6509 E switches Ordering Guide

[masoodst123]

Greetings,

Does 6509 E switches support SUP redundancy like 6506s?

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

Dual supervisor per chassis? Yes.
VSS? Depends on the supervisor cards. VS-Sup720, VS-Sup2T, VS-Sup6T support VSS.
Quad Core+VSS? Yes.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

Also yes for non-VSS chassis sup redundancy too.

[ELENA OKULOVA]

Hi! 

When we have single chassis (6500-E or 6807XL) with dual Sup6T, what are the options for supervisor redundancy?

1) RPR

2) SSO

3) ... ?

and are all 10GE and 40GE ports active in both supervisors in each of those modes (except performance mode which deals with oversubscription issue)?

[Joseph W. Doherty]

Sup6T not supported in 6500 chassis (only the sup2t is supported in the -E variants).

I believe for dual Sup6ts, you would want to use SSO (or whatever is the "best" dual sup redundancy mode). I would suspect all sup ports would be active. Unsure there's a "performance mode" for sup ports, as found on some line card ports, but I haven't worked with a sup6t. (Leo likely has, though.)